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PREVIOUSLY  ACW has come a long way in there 5 months of television broadcasting, but now ACW is at a crossroads. One road will be led by the current owner of ACW, Ethan Winters. Like ACW is at the moment, ACW will be run with corruption, and will be overrun by tyrants who are in Winters' pocket more than anything, receiving pushes for the favors they do for the boss. The other road is led by Dunn and Boyd, the two founders of ACW and now, two men whom are looking to win back their federation so that they can take it further than it has ever been before.

2 roads...one match.

What will our destination be this time next week...

Hit and Run



"Fuck, I can't be late." 

It seemed as if Dane was in the same predicament as the rest of his cohorts were last week. The traffic was backed up for miles, as Legends was an easy attraction, and actually a family attraction also, when we wanted to be.

Aside from that, with no cell phone, and no way of catching Ethan around, it seemed as if Dane was stuck; until he looked to his right. "Ah, yes, the median." Rivers swerved the car over, and with no cops around, or from what he could tell, he pushed it to 50, trying to make up time that he lost.

Apparently, someone else had the same idea.

Rivers couldn't tell who it was, but they swerved out, not seeing Dane, Dane not seeing them. Rivers, driving the bigger of the two cars, wasn't really affected by the crash, in fact, he kept on driving. His truck sent the other car into a tailspin, which didn't last long with the backed up traffic.

Dane took the exit to the arena, not looking back, moving forward, finally he managed to say...something.

"Fuck em..."

Quinton's Army Meeting #004



The small locker-room of Quinton May wasn't fitting anymore. 

With his aim of having a really big army in due time, Quincy knew that a bigger compound for meetings was needed and such had to be found, yet. A small space just wouldn't be appropriate for the matters May wished to discuss with his army. 

Which, at the moment, consisted of El Janitors & 006.392. Rumblings over the past week as to whether a new member would be drafted in are simply that; rumours. The match with Ron Williams, however, would decide whether Ron is forced into joining the Army or otherwise.

"Ladies, I feel that tonight is a good night to die. Of course, I've been playing too much Warcraft so that could just be it."

"You don't even like Warcraft; you prefer Starcraft!"

That was 006.392, who had been through a traumatic past couple of weeks. The events of Friday, in the courts, didn't seem to have any effect on him, however. He looked the same as compared to when he was first officially introduced as a member of Quinton's Army, the previous week. If anything, the smile on his face seemed wider and less fake.

Looking around the boiler room they were in, Quincy seemed to be nervous. 

This was, after all, Legends. 

The biggest event on the ACW calendar. One where some would rise to superstardom and those who failed who no doubt fall into the abyss of obscurity. For the Dictator Of QA, a match with Ron Williams on the card. One where personal pride and something more was at stake.

The chance to strengthen the Army was beckoning.

"Okay, good point. Anyways, I want to tell you all that next week, we will have a new member to join QA! That's right, even if I somehow don't manage to win tonight, the Army will have one more member and soon, we shall rule supreme! YAY! CLAP, YOU GOONS!" Quincy announced with gusto, which was followed by a round of applause from his members.

Quinton beamed, and looked at the UNOFFICIAL ACW Tag-Team Champions, for whom he had a special job for.

One that would require a lot of bravery.

"Howard, Morris; we need to spread the word about the Army. Later on, I want you two to go out to the ring and challenge ANYBODY to take the two of you on. I have faith in the two of you, I know El Janitors can rise to the occasion!"

Howard and Morris looked at each other, perplexed. They weren't expecting to fight at all, but a chance to shine on a show like Legends? Like, DUH. Who wouldn't want to impress? Retreating into a corner, Quinton and 006.392 watched as El Janitors began an animated discussion, gesticulating and whispering like horny schoolgirls deciding over which hot guy to ride all night long. Finally, after a whole minute, Howard approached Quinton... a solemn look imprinted on his face.

"Sir. WE ACCEPT!"

Quincy nodded as Morris raised his arms and started pacing around the boiler room, at an incredible pace. The agenda for the night had been set; 006.392 would man the HQ, El Janitors would bring fame to the Army, while Quinton would attempt to pick up another victory and thus, induct another member into his legion of minions. Quinton's Army was forming at a pace nobody thought possible. Sure, quite a few chaps like Quincy and the dimension he brought to the organization. But to have a full-fledged army at his disposal? And a genuine chance of making waves on the show tonight?

It truly was shaping up to be a legendary night.

"Alright people! We know what we have to do today! Remember three things; I AM HOT, BLOWJOBS 4 ALL, ANDDDDD.... CLAP, YOU GOONS!"

Absolutely legendary.

Hit and Run– A Second Perspective



*HONK* 

*HONK* 

Sure it didn’t help move the traffic along… but it sure as hell helped relieve some stress. 

“What the hell’s the hold up anyway?” 

Alias rolled down his car window and looked out at the long line of cars ahead of him. He half grinned to himself. Great. Just fucking great… the most important PPV of his life, the biggest ACW PPV of the year and he probably wouldn’t even be at the arena on time to see the start of the fucking thing. 

Family after family had packed themselves into the cars and vans in front of and behind him… “Well..” he thought to himself, “at least the place is going to be packed tonig— 

His thoughts trailed off as he glanced over to the median and smiled, hell he wouldn’t even have to use his cell to call Dunn to tell him he’d be a little late tonight. This should help get him there a hell of a lot faster. Quick check for cops… then pedestrians… 

Nope. 

Nope. 

Gas. 

Go figure, some one had the same idea. 

*CRACK* 

Alias’s head jolted forward for a moment and his car went into a tailspin… swiftly coming to a stop as it cracked into the side of a red Neon just four cars down from where he had been stuck in traffic to begin with. Who the fuck would be barreling down the median? 

Granted Alias was guilty of the same thing… though he had hit 15 mph tops as he began his way through the congested traffic. 

Alias over, and through his cracked driver side window he saw the large truck speed off towards the arena… that fucker hadn’t even slowed down. Alias punched the steering wheel before grabbing his cell phone and dialing a very familiar 3-digit number… the truck’s license plate had been a dead give away for the driver. 

RIVERS

Taking The Reigns



The clatter and commotion of an ACW backstage was sweet to the ears of most of the ACW roster as they entered the arena, the first droves of which had arrived around 3-4 hours before the PPV even began. These days it was customary for the two founders to arrive at the last minute, usually with the Resistance by their side, but this week was different.

With the Resistance accounted for bar one in the back...Dunn and Boyd entered through the spinning doors to the cheerful faces of the crew and staff, whom were praying that the Resistance won tonight, for Ethan Winters was not an easy man to work with.

"Hey Dunn...any idea were the boys will be?"

"No," Dunn answered as he looked for the usual board to see what the card was like for tonight, as he found it, the duo scampered to it to check the show out.

"Jesus Boyd, Winters seems to have driven most of our roster out of here, there's are only 3 matches on the card, obviously the last match takes up 10 of the roster, but Jesus, we've hardly got anyone left after that."

"Yeah..." Boyd sighed. "We've gotta sort that next week..."

"Hey, don't get too confident, from our time with Winters, you know you expect the unexpected..."

As Dunn opened the door for his partner, they shook hands and greeted the VIP guests for the night, even though they weren't the big stars in the federation, the people liked them...for some reason. As they walked the corridor, the patter of someone coming from behind them made them both stop and look, as a FedEx uniform greeted them with a package and question.

"Are you the boss around here, Mr. Dunn?"

"Mmmmm," Dunn slyly looked at Boyd as they had just had this conversation two seconds ago. "Yeah, I suppose I am..."

"Here you go."

As he scribbled his signature and collected the package, with a rip of the tape a document popped out into his hand, as he peered down onto it with a slight frown on his face.

"What is it Dunn?"

"It's Winters...he's been in a car accident of some sort, this says he won't be here tonight..."

Dunn and Boyd didn't know what to say, you can hate someone so much, but you would never wish this upon anyone...definitely. As Dunn and Boyd carried on down the hall, there instincts took them over...

"C'mon Boyd, we've got a show to run."

Mind Games



Geo Vacton sat in his locker room, a million thoughts were going through his head. He wondered what the outcome of tonight's match would be. He wondered if he would have a job tomorrow if his team were to lose. 

He looked down at his ACW United States Championship title on the floor. He wondered about that too. What if tonight A*Dubbs decides to call out his match? 

What if he were to wrestle tonight in the main event and take a heavy beaten.. only to be called out moments later by A*Dubbs who would make a match right then and there for his title?

Geo couldn't continue to think about it, he decided. So what if he lost his title anyway? 

He was fighting tonight for the future of ACW, not the title. If he lost the title, he could always get it back. If him and his team lost the match, they could never get it back. He picked up his title and left the room, ready to defend the company later on in the evening whether A*Dubbs had any ideas or not.

Charlie Loc Vs. Nature

    

The lights dimmed and the arena grew silent… it was one of the many matches scheduled for the All-Star Championship Wrestling’s Pay-Per-View, the only question was which match it was? 

Fans in their seats put their hands over their ears and craned their necks up at the Titan Tron awaiting the arrival of the first Superstar. It was like people awaiting the arrival of a Rock Star at a concert, the only difference was that at a concert the people knew who was performing.

“…”

Complete and utter silence followed. 

Were the crowd getting ripped off? 

Perhaps this was a little bit of foreplay before a nice big entrance… a few moments of silence overtook the arena followed by the entrance of Nature.

It’s amazing how the crowd can hate one man so much, how so much hate and negative energy can be felt in the boo’s of the crowd. Not even bothering to pose or attempt to work them Nature just walked calmly and collectively down towards the ring.

As Nature walked down towards the squared circle the hard rocking guitar riffs of “I Stand Alone” by GODSMACK hit the arena like a ton of bricks. Almost rejoicing to just hear the sound of music the fans rose to their feet… the boo’s turning to cheers in a matter of seconds.

ACW had just witnessed something truly amazing... a Fan Favorite being booed half to death and a resident Heel being cheered down to the ring, this didn’t seem to confuse the crowd too much.

Within seconds of the music starting it stopped as a familiar figure appeared on the entranceway, the small toned silhouette holding a microphone in his hands stopped and pointed down towards the walking Nature.

Taking no notice Nature continued to walk to the ring as a clearly enraged Charlie Loc stood atop the entrance way looking tensed and psychotic as the crowd grew silent awaiting his words of wisdom.

Raising the microphone to his lips the Asian spoke to the back of Nature, “This is it Nature… the war ends here.”

His words didn’t seem to even hit the frequency that Nature was on as he climbed to the apron and began to slide in through the second rope. Charlie’s eyes grew wide as a look of anger crossed over his face,

“You used to say you’ve been waiting for this day, well here it is… seize the moment!” The crowd began to roar as Charlie threw the microphone off of the side of the entrance ramp,

As Nature stood in the ring alone the Referee frisked him, checking him for illegal objects as a glum look crossed over his face. Was Nature finally scared? Something did indeed seem wrong….

Perhaps it was the fact that the Vietnamese Viper that is Charlie Loc was staunching his way to the ring there was absolutely nothing that could be done about it. Charlie was on the warpath and Nature was standing in the center of the road!

Within seconds Charlie had made his way to the apron, whilst the referee fumbled around frisking Nature he dug his hands into the pockets of his jeans and produced a shiny metal object… all in clear view of his opponent.

Not even bothering to point out the illegal weapon Nature stood still, watching Charlie as he clenched his fist before sliding in underneath the bottom rope. The look on his face could tell it all,

Roaring the fans began to chant “Blood” as Charlie sat on the opposite side of the ring to Nature smiling away deviously. Holding his hands up the referee then moved over to frisk Charlie… not knowing of the illegal object in his palm.

Something was wrong with Nature as he stood and stared at Charlie who looked back at him like a raging bull ready to be let out of its pen. Gulping, Nature held his head up high as the referee satisfied himself there where no illegal objects and signaled for the bell.

Ringing out three times the match had begun, bouncing back into the ropes Charlie began to run full tilt at Nature who shifted back a little before standing his ground. 

Jumping up high into the air Charlie drew his fist back before sending it crashing down into the skull of Nature, cameras flashing in the rafter caught every second of the moment. 

Dirt flew off of the canvas as Nature’s head hit hard, bouncing back up and off a few times as Charlie laughed maniacally before falling onto his limp body and placing two hands on his chest.

Blood began to trickle down Nature’s forehead as the crowd went wild, t he referee seeing no other option but went down for the count. 1…2….3!!

DING 

DING 

DING 

DING

As the bell rung Charlie pushed himself up onto his feet and grinned from ear to ear before motioning for a microphone. Tossing the illegal object into the crowd a microphone was then tossed towards him,

Growing silent, a calm Charlie Loc looked down at his fallen opponent, “Face it Nature, you had lost it from the start…” His voice trailed off as paramedics began to rush towards the ring,

“My job here is done…”, throwing the microphone to the canvas Charlie Loc looked at the now Unconscious Nature and shook his head before sliding out through the ropes and trudging backstage leaving the paramedics to clean up the mess he had just made.

Winner: Charlie Loc

Reminisce



As he slammed the boot of his Black 4x4 shut, SilverHAWK was greeted to the arena by at least 200 fans who stood around the outskirts of the car park, just looking for a glimpse of their hero's, and their villains.

"HAWK YOU FUCKIN' RULE!"

SilverHAWK replied with a fist in the air as he walked towards the entrance to the arena, as the guard knew who he was, and nodded in his direction as he opened the door for the former ACW World Champion, but then the guard nodded again, but he wasn't looking at HAWK, instead he was looking behind HAWK.

"These fan's don't know shit do they HAWK?"

HAWK smirked, as he didn't even have to look behind him to do who it was...

"Nice to see you again...Osyrus."

"Wish I could say the same..."

As Osyrus brushed past HAWK, he didn't even look behind him, as he went straight to the locker room area. In the golden area of wrestling, and now a days, that was disrespect. Osyrus may as well have just spat in SilverHAWK's face...because that was the distaste in his mouth.

"Hey chicken shit!"

This time it was Osyrus who stopped, and smirked, as he felt HAWK brush past him, but as quick as a hiccup, Osyrus grabbed HAWK by the arm and swung him around, as the duo were face to face, not for the first time in their ACW careers.

"Don't fuckin' tempt me HAWK, I'll cripple your ass again."

"Cripple me again? When was the first time? I fell out the ring, you just happened to be tagging along cuz I was kicking your ass all over the arena if I remember correctly. I've been twitching for 2 months now, don't tempt me, and get the fuck off me as well."

As Osyrus released his grip, he stroked HAWK's jumper of the creases, and then looked his nemesis in the eye.

"Tonight HAWK, again, me and you are gonna be on different sides, now if I remember, it's one to you, and one to me...I hope to god your number gets picked when I'm in that ring, cuz I'm gonna finish what I started at End Game, and I'm going to put you out for good."

As HAWK moved closer to the 2 time ACW Champion, they snarled at one another as HAWK had the last word.

"Looking forward to it..."

As Osyrus picked his bag up from the floor, the twosome moved their separate ways, but then suddenly Osyrus was spun around by HAWK as he got right back in Osyrus' face.

"What you gonna do O? Daddy's back!"

Impromptu Recruitment Drive?

His match was around the corner. 

The excitement that was building up inside of him couldn't be described in words. His blood was flowing faster than it ever had. A few short months ago, Quinton May wasn't even sure he was going to stay alive for much longer. 

Now, he's on the verge of taking part on the biggest extravaganza show of a wrestling company that was touted to be challenging the big boys of the industry, in terms of entertainment and ratings. Nowadays though, the superstars don't care about working together and scripting.

It's all about egos.

Quinton May? 

He's not one to be shoving his ego down people's throat; what ego, the more appropriate question should be. The Canadian is modest, and simply wishes to prove a few things to the world. To himself. In order to seek the answers he's been craving for. Answers he's been wanting for a very long time. Only way to do it is to follow the words of God.

Walking towards the waiting area, Quinton May looked around him. Since his two back-to-beat defeats about a month ago, one at the hands of Dane Rivers at the Apocalypse PPV and the other one at the hands of A*Dubbs shortly after, May has picked up two rather impressive victories. And looks on course for a third, against Ron Williams.

Suddenly, Quincy's eyes rested upon a forlorn-looking chap nearby, who was looking at something that was cupped in his right palm. An extended look at the chap and something clicked in Quinton's head. That cheeky glint in his eyes returned, and the Dictator Of QA decided to walk over. A plan had been formulated, and May was squealing deep inside, unable to believe his good luck.

"Hello there."

No response from the guy, who was wearing a black shirt with a number on the right-breast area.

108192.

"Hello?"

Again, silence. 

The chap continued to gaze at the object in his hand, unconsciously ignoring Quinton May. Frowning, May waved his hands wildly, trying to garner the man's attention. To no avail. Somewhat frustrated, May began to dance a bit, hoping his effort would be noticed by the man. Swaying his hips, Quincy's eyes searched the man's face for any sign of recognition.

None at all.

"Oi. DO you want to join Quinton's Army?"

Silence. 

Ceasing the dance, Quinton frowned again, and looked around. The signal was given; his match was upcoming.

As Quincy turned away, the man with the '108192' shirt finally looked up, in time to see May walking towards the waiting area somewhat dejected that his attempt at recruiting another member didn't go as plan. The man growled, and continued to look down at his prized possession. 

The one thing in the world that had any meaning left to him.

His locket...

Arrival. Confrontation. Violence?

The arena door swung violently open and cracked against the adjacent wall, and in walked ‘The Original Pulp Hero’ Alias. He was clearly not in a good mood as he dragged his gym bags in behind him, having spent the last 20 minutes  filing a police report and then waiting to have his car towed off. 

His fucking car towed off… 

“Damnasshelldamn!” Alias yelled out in frustration kicking a random crate in the arena corridor over, nothing like a good clusterfuck to worsen an already stressful night. He was thankful that he hadn’t missed much more of Legends though…Team Resistance vs. Winters Inc. hadn’t gotten under way so their was still enough time to make plans. 

The police on the scene had actually given him a ride to the arena, a fact that Alias smiled a bit at inwardly… imagine the speculation. He was however immediately forced right back into a bad mood after seeing one man. 

Osyrus. 

Osyrus stood twenty feet down the corridor slapping around a smaller tech crew member… most likely for sport. 

“Are you trying to fight back little man?” Osyrus slapped him upside the head once again, yep nothing like training for the night’s big match to get the blood flowing. 

Slap. 

Fake another slap before dropping the man to his knees with a punch to the stomach. Content, Osyrus turned to walk away, maybe to find another victim, but stopped in his tracks as he saw Alias, clearly in a bad mood, ready to pass by him. Osyrus sneered to himself and stepped in the way of The Original Pulp Hero, only for Alias to bump past him, pushing him towards the wall. Alias wasn’t in the best of moods for this shit… and that’s exactly what Osyrus was looking forward too. 

”Did someone break up with his boyfriend... I hate it when two lovers get in a fight.” Osyrus laughs and snarls at Alias. 

"Yeah you would know a lot about that sorta shit, wouldn't ya tough guy? When your done being Winters' bitch, what, it's Nexan's turn to pull your leash?" Alias snarled right back. 

Osyrus laughed out loud as he pulled Alias back in front of his face, then his temperament changed... he was pissed that this little curtain jerker had the nerve to talk down to him. Osy might have whupped Alias' ass right there, but he knew he had to save his energy for the big match tonight.

 “You know what A, you don't know what it means to have business partners, hell you never even headlined a main event before.. but if you're ever serious about getting your ass whupped in the ring, I go down to fight you. If you’re man enough, put that piece of shit TV title on the line. I'll take it from you no problem.” 

Alias was about to step in, but Osyrus cuts him off again. 

“If this big match is supposed to prove who really is the best in ACW, than the rest of you feckers ain't got a chance... no matter what place I draw. I am in this match for one reason and that is to prove time and time again why I am the fucking best thing going in the federation, in this sport and in this Industry. 

You better remember it Chris, or I'll beat it into your fucking brain like a hammer. I don't fuck around when it comes to winning and I know you know better than anyone what it feels like to get your ass handed a loss by 'the god of the UnderWorld'... and ACW's god of the ring, Osyrus.” 

Alias cocked his left eyebrow slightly, it seemed as if he had struck a chord in his old rival... and Osyrus had decided to respond in kind. A snarl crept onto Alias's face as he pushed Osyrus's hand from his shoulder and got right up into the bigger man's face... nose to nose, if it hadn't been for the four inch size difference. Don't start throwing punches, thought Alias, not with the big match just around the corner. 

"Your really itching for some violence aren't yeah, O? Well here's hoping I draw your name tonight. You and I at Legends... imagine that. It's a shame the TV title wouldn't be on the line if that happened... but I don't plan on going anywhere after tonight, so there'll always be another show, another bloody fight. Bet on that." Alias snarled back at Osyrus, snapping the final few words. 

As Alias walked away, Osyrus could be heard saying some thing under his breath as he just stared down Alias, he had bigger plans for the night, and Beating up Chris wasn't part of his plan. “Chris, we'll meet down the road, and believe me… You'll wish you would have never have met me those months ago in fEar. Mark my words Chris; you will suffer the ultimate fate at my hands.” Osyrus glared at Alias for the final time as he walked in the opposite direction. 

Quinton May Vs. Ron Williams

    

For Ron Williams, this match was more than a "YAY, I'VE RETURNED" moment. True, this would be his first official match since his return, seeing how the fight with Rook last week ended in a farce, thanks to El Janitors. And this match had a lot on the line. His own sanity, for one. Ron also wished to prove that he wasn't as washed-up as some people were beginning to think. Finally, he had no intention of joining Quinton's Army and at the same time, considered Quinton May a pest.

Win this match, and Ron didn't have to bother with him any longer.

As the spectators rushed, "Something Inside So Strong" by Rik Waller began to play over the PA system, and a mixed reaction was meted out to greet the arrival of Ron Williams, who looked reasonably calmer than he has in previous weeks.

// The higher you build your barriers //
// The taller I become //
// The farther you take my rights away //
// The faster I will run //

A thin smile on his face, Ron Williams descended down the ramp, seeking a win in front of a capacity crowd, wearing black pants and dark-blue boots. The era with Barry The Chicken was over; Ron wanted to start a new era. One where he would be taken seriously. One where he would be respected for the talent he knew was inside of him. This was his one shot. One opportunity, to seize the day.

// You can deny me //
// You can decide to turn your face away //
// No matter because there's //
// Something inside so strong //

Looking out at the fans in the front row, flashbacks of his first stint in ACW came back to his mind, and Williams began to get angry. Angry at the way he acted then. Angry at the little impact he made. That would all change, Ron swore. Well, the stage is set for him.

// I know that I can make it //
// Tho' you're doing me wrong, so wrong //
// But then my pride was gone //
// Oh no, something inside so strong //

All he had to do was live up to his own expectations. His destiny was now in his own hands.

// Oh oh oh, something inside so strong //
// The more you refuse to hear my voice //
// The louder I will sing //

// You hide behind walls of Jericho //
// Your lies will come tumbling //
// Deny my place in time //
// You squander wealth that's mine //

// My light will shine so brightly //
// It will blind you //
// Because there's... //
// Something inside so strong //

Rolling into the ring, Ron Williams quickly walked over to the corner, and raised both arms in the air while doing so, garnering a slightly louder reaction from the crowd. Some sections were still mildly jeering him, but it didn't seem to matter to Ron. Instead, he looked as if he was concentrating on the task at hand, and why shouldn't he? His opponent has proven to be a handful in recent weeks, and at the last ACW PPV, put forth a worthy performance. His opponent too had something to prove.

The lights in the arena dimmed a little, and "Smoke Two Joints" by Sublime began to play. The reception the fans gave for Quinton May was pretty impressive, as he bounced out from behind the curtains, a determined smile plastered on his face. Wearing only dark green jeans and black sneakers, Quincy seemed he was ready to take part in a classic match.

One he couldn't fathom was possible a while ago, after being decimated at the hands of Dane Rivers. Now, here he was... at Legends.

// I smoke two joints in the morning //
// I smoke two joint at night //
// I smoke two joint in the afternoon //
// It makes me feel all right //

Quincy progressed down the ramp and towards the ring, acknowledging some of the fans who were chanting his name. Ron looked on angrily, as he sought to teach May a lesson for the 'blowjob' comment weeks back.

// I smoke two joints in time of peace //
// And two in time of war //
// I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints //
// And then I smoke two more//

Reaching the ring, Quinton took his time to ascend the steps. This was a big occasion for him too. The reputation of Quinton's Army depended on this match. His own quest to prove that he could actually wrestle also hung in the balance. All in all, the winner had a lot to gain and the loser... a lot to lose.

// Daddy he once told me //
// "Son, you be hard workin' man" //

// And momma she once told me //
// "Son, you do the best you can" //

// Then one day I meet a man //
// He came to me and said //
// "Hard work good and hard work fine.. //
// but first take care of head" //

Quinton's theme slowly began to be drowned out by the anxious roars of the crowd, who were raring to see the match get underway. And as Ron cracked his neck, the referee rang the bell. The match was underway, and both competitors wasted no time in circling each other, looking for an opening. Majority of the spectators were backing Quincy to win the match, but Ron Williams was out to prove them wrong.

The two approached each other, looking to grapple, but Williams sucker-punched May, before firing away with a succession of left hooks. Rocked, Quinton managed to reverse an Irish Whip but his attempt at a clothesline was evaded by Ron, who bounced off the other set of ropes and knocked the Dictator Of QA down with a hard shoulder-block. Picking May right up, Ron connected with a vile headbutt, which sent the Canadian staggering into the corner. That allowed Ron to park at the opposite corner, raise his arm in the air, and charge at Quincy with an almighty roar.

Quinton May should have moved out of the way, really. The impact of Ron's body crushing his was not well-received by the fans, who made it known. Ron simply smiled as May dropped face-first to the mat, the air knocked out of him. Spitting, Williams sniggered at the fan response, before rolling Quinton on his back with his feet and making the cover;

ONE...

TWO...

Easy kick-out by Quinton, as Williams pulled him up by the hair and scored with another right hook to the face. May stumbled back a bit, but managed to snap out of his stupor to block another hook from Ron and put in his first shades of offense, courtesy of a barrage of furious right punches. Leaving Williams totally reeling in the middle of the ring, Quinton May took a few steps back and bounced himself off the ropes, eventually connecting his trademark high-leg clothesline.

The fans cheered, and Quincy breathed a sigh relief; finally, some momentum was on his side. He waited for Williams to get back on his feet and charge at him, which allowed the Dictator of QA to floor his opponent with a Japanese armdrag. Williams was back up quickly but Quincy was on fire now, taking Ron down again, with a drop-toe-hold this time. Ron struggled back up and swung wildly at May, who ducked and retaliated with a gut-punch, following up with a textbook Russian leg-sweep. The crowd were getting more and more impressed with Quincy's progress, as he made the cover;

ONE...

TWO...

Ron powered out of the pin, somewhat shocking Quincy, who stood up and kicked away at his opponent for a bit. Sensing the chance to possibly put Ron out of commission, May walked over to the corner turnbuckle and ascended to the top, which began to get the crowd excited. May readied himself on the top, on eye on Ron.. the other eye on his own balance. Satisfied, Quinton May finally leapt off the top.

And drilled Ron Williams with a superb flying elbow-drop.

"HOLY HELL!!"

"HOLY HELL!!"

"HOLY HELL!!"

In the process, Quinton took quite a bit out of himself, but managed to get his body across Ron, who was totally out cold by now;

ONE...

TWO...

THR....

Williams dug deep down and got his shoulder off the mat there, drawing disappointed groans from some sections of the crowd. Quinton frowned as he helped himself up, and as Ron too recovered, the Dictator of QA kicked his opponent in the gut and placed him in the position.

For his finisher. Which he had never executed successfully.

Prior to this.

"QUINCY MAMA!"

"QUINCY MAMA!"

"QUINCY MAMA!"

Finally, Quinton had managed to pull off his double-underhook piledriver finisher, Hideaway. And eagerly hooked the legs, for what was now an assured victory in his books;

ONE...

TWO...

THREE....

NO F'IN WAY.

Ron Williams kicked out at the last possible second, and the look on May's face was that of utter shock and dejection. The very first time he hit his finisher, and it didn't even result in a 3-count. Slapping his hand against the canvas angrily, Quincy grabbed a handful of Mr. St George's hair and dragged him towards the corner turnbuckle, before kicking away at him. Ron soaked in all the punishment, eventually getting a reprieve when Quinton took a couple of steps back. That was enough notice for Williams to roll out of the way as Quincy charged at him, hoping to ram his knee into Ronald's face. Instead, May's face rebounded off the turnbuckle, allowing Ron to roll him up in a schoolboy pin;

ONE...

TWO...

THRE....

It would have been a travesty had Ron won the match in that manner, and much to the relief of half the crowd, May managed to roll out of the pin. Both men returned to their feet, exhausted and more hungry for the victory now. Quincy was the first to charge, but Williams ducked the wild swing from his opponent and countered with a perfectly-placed falling neckbreaker, before making the desperate cover;

ONE...

TWO...

THR....

Once again, Quinton May kicked out, continuing to keep the fans enthralled in the roller-coaster match. Ron, on the other hand, was highly agitated now and with Quincy on his knees trying to recover, Mr. St George took a step back and rammed his boot into Quinton's face. Blood started to trickle out of the Dictator's nose, but Williams showed no sympathy as he pulled May up, connected with a forearm shot to the sternum, and hit a magnificent front suplex. It seemed all over to most in attendance, and they hung their heads low when the referee dropped to his knees to count the cover from Ron;

ONE...

TWO...

THRE....

Amazingly, May forced his left shoulder a couple of inches off the mat. With what little energy he had left, Quincy Mama decided to save himself, instead of laying low and possibly coming back to fight another day. An enraged Ron Williams got up, bounced off the ropes, and dropped his knee into Quinton's face in spectacular fashion. Ron wasn't done, however.

He knew he needed something major to put Quinton May away.

Hence the surprised cheers when Ron Williams actually scaled to the top of the turnbuckle, his eyes transfixed on the prone lifeform of the Dictator Of QA. And with one long breath, Mr. St George threw caution to the wind, jumping off with a senton splash in mind.

The fact that a 420 lbs pound man was attempting a senton splash was amazing enough. Had he connected, it would have magical.

Alas, Quinton May... bloodied nose and all... rolled out of the way. Barely. The impact of Ronald's crash to the mat was immense, but the truly great thing was how quickly Ron recovered, not wanting to give May any advantage at all. That was all in vain, for when he got back up and turned to face Quincy, the latter kicked him in the gut.

And scored with the Hideaway again.

"RUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

Once Ron went limp, Quinton May dove atop Ron, hooking the legs, praying at the same time;

ONE...

TWO....

THREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

It was all over. Quinton May had done it, and the arena exploded. The match had turned out to be an absolute classic, and both competitors lay on the mat, totally spent... but with the knowledge that they had just become one thing.

Legends.

As per contract, Ron Williams was now the newest member of Quinton's Army but really, instead of kicking himself for losing... a pat on the back is what he should give himself. And as far as Quincy Mama goes, he takes one giant step in his quest. Another victory under his belt, another member under his wings, the respect of everyone in the arena won.

Truly a legendary night.

Winner: Quinton May

Taking The Reigns, Part Two

It was a natural instinct more than anything that had both Dunn and Boyd taking over the reign's so quickly and as the Resistance stood in front of them, minus the newest member, you could see that Dunn and Boyd clearly had a lot on their plate, based solely to the amount of paperwork which lay upon their new desk, which was supposed to be for Winters.

The four Resistance members were spread around the room, with all the gold in ACW, they were clear favorites for the match, but nobody could underestimate what Winters INC were going to do, even without the leadership of the owner now.

"Hey Dunn," Alias started, as he cleared his throat and looked around at the rest of his team mates. "How exactly is the order gonna happen, we gonna draw straws or something?"

"No, myself and Boyd will give you a number each, and then the ring announcer announces the number that's next, and then you go out according to your number being called, pretty simple really."

"Dunn." ICU was in business mood tonight, it was clear in his face, cool, calm, and emotionless. "Where the fuck is SilverHAWK?"

Boyd sighed, as they both knew the answer to that one.

"He's currently attending to "business" so he told us, he said that we all know our jobs anyway, it's just up to you guys and go through with it, but he'll be here before the match starts, don't worry Ivan."

ICU shifted the gold which rested on his shoulder, a belt that SilverHAWK once held, until Osyrus stole it from him back at End Game.

"I ain't worried...it's just it would be nice to know he's gonna be here you know."

"Yeah..." the rest of the team muttered.

It was a waiting game now; waiting for SilverHAWK to arrive, and waiting for the match to begin. Like it or not, it was one on one from now on. No team battles, no fights at the end of shows, this was it...and the wrestlers couldn't wait.

In The Shadows, Observing. In The Dark, Crawling. In Two Places At One Time, Confused?



"Omar."

Omar, as in Osyrus, people.

"Omar, my friend. The time has come. The road has come to an end. This is your chance. Your time. Your shot at greatness. You want to prove to everybody that you are the toughest person in the industry? In the entire industry? Tonight is the time. NOW is the time."

There could only be one person who speaks in such a manner. And last Sunday on Courage, he met a shocking appearance. Went nose-to-nose with one of his many enemies. His nemesis back in the days of fEar Wrestling. Currently one of the most charismatic personas in the industry, even if he is described as insane and twisted and psychotic.

Current IOW superstar, Rio Nexan.

"I've given you all the advice I can, Omar. The ball's in your court now. I'll simply be in the shadows, observing. In the dark, crawling. But now, I've got another stage to grace. An asylum is no place for business of our nature, Omar, but I will be watching. All the best."

Rio smiled, as he turned away from the door to Osyrus's locker-room and walked off, a prior engagement having to be tended to. The crowd couldn't help but wonder now, though, about what the former 2-time ACW Champion would do tonight.

After all, propaganda from the mouth of a sociopathic Cuban will make a person change drastically.

Taking The Reigns, Part Three

"Ok, so we have the numbers sorted?" Boyd asked as he looked at the 4 assured faces around the room. "OK then, it's just a matter of luck now, but I'm sure you all know what the other team are like in the ring, you've fought them inside, and outside of it I guess."

As Boyd moved away from the quad, Dunn moved closer to speak, to deliver his little notion on how the match could be won.

"The thing I would want, is a breather. I've you're in there for 1-2 maybe even 3 matches, give yourself a break every once and while because at the end of the day. One or two of you will go more than one match, there is no doubt about that, and to my knowledge...not many of you have had multiple fall matches.

But the one thing that MUST be done, is get a decent about of offense in at whatever stage you're at. If you lose...then you'll leave a beat up opponent for your team partner to take care of OK?"

As Alias, Jason Kain, ICU and Geo Vacton sat back to think about what had been shed to them, the door flew open, causing an immediate reaction of attack from the Resistance.

"WOW! It's me!"

"HAWK!"

As HAWK lay his bag on an empty chair, he moved forward to shake hands with Dunn and Boyd, who were delirious at his return, and as the Resistance moved forward to welcome him back, there was only one left standing...ICU. The two men had a clear history back in the start of ACW. When they were both being held back by Ethan Winters, SilverHAWK and ICU tussled it out for the ACW United States title back at Relentless, the winner being SilverHAWK, who later had to defend it again that night.

As Kain, Alias and Vacton moved away, SilverHAWK moved forward towards the ACW World Champion, to whom the belt was resting on his shoulder with pride. HAWK stepped to within touching distance, and he did touch...the ACW Title Belt.

"Ahhhh...it's a great feeling huh Champ?"

"What is?" ICU enquired...as he peered down at HAWK sliding his finger along the runs of the title belt.

"Knowing your the best this company has to offer...but what you have to say to yourself I bet is...are you?"

"This title says I am..."

"Ahhhh...good answer. You got that from Osyrus right? Tough guy to beat...something myself and you have in common I guess, but son...if you don't get your head out of your ass and stop thinking about how you can't beat me...then we'll never get this job done tonight!"

ICU's eyes filled with rage as he was reminded about their past meeting, as SilverHAWK took a few steps back and began to speak to everyone in the room.

"Some I have had the pleasure of wrestling with, or against you," he drew his eyes to Alias and ICU especially. "Tonight we are all on the same wavelength, and that is to beat whomever we are drawn against, and that is our job...that single task is the only thing we have to do, and if we all do that tonight, we will beat Winters INC. Everyone in the Resistance is here for their own reasons...mine, are that I own a stake in this company, and when I had the chance to get rid of Winters...I took the offer right away.

But for you four guys...it is either for professional pride...or professional gain, and whichever is fine by myself, Dunn and Boyd. It's do or die gentlemen, and I sure ain't dying for a second time in an ACW ring..."

As ICU, Vacton, Kain and Alias looked at their new team member, they looked at one another with a reassurance that was never there until 2 minutes ago.

They were going to win.

Team Tantrums

"Listen to me, it says right here...you're number one, he's two, and I'm three, it's that fucking simple, it doesn't mean anything!"

In one half of the arena the locker room was calm and collected, in Winters INC's locker room, total chaos. Along with the message to Dunn and Boyd, there was a message to the INC, giving them the details of how each of them would go out to the matches tonight, and there numbers, but it seemed that giving numbers such a one to certain people, didn't go down to well with the other ego's in the dressing room.

"Listen Up!" Osyrus screamed at the top of his lungs, as Dubbs and Rivers stood behind him, Perry and Inferno were sitting next to him, watching the mayhem going on. "It says here that you're one Perry, Dante is two, I'm three, Rivers is four and Dubbs it says here that you're number five. That's the way it stay's, we don't change numbers or nothing, it stays, OK?"

"Damn right playa!" A*Dubbs added as he strolled around the dressing room, shadow boxing at Geo Vacton, "I'm gonna get that nucka, damn straight...then swipe his title! HA!"

Rivers wrapped tape around his wrists as the countdown to the main event was getting closer...it was obvious to all of the men in the dressing room that tonight they were on their own, with or without Winters, because at the end of the day, Winters can't do anything as they hit that ring, if he did, it would be professional suicide.

"OK," Dante started, as he slowly rose from his fold up chair. "Two of you guys here haven't fought SilverHAWK before, hell I doubt you were even in ACW when he left...the way to beat him is..."

"....the legs..." Osyrus sighed.

"What playa?"

"I said go for his legs...his knee's are fucked, break his leg, put him out the match, and ACW."

"That's a bit rough don't you think?" exclaimed a little voice in the corner, as Scott Perry, the FORMER Television champion said as he leaned up against the wall.

"Rough?" Osyrus shouted, as he looked straight at Perry, and then slowly began to move forward towards him. "Rough is what we want...it's the reason you've been getting your ass kicked the last 5 weeks you fucking wimp, grow some balls, and go for the legs! Hear me!"

As Osyrus exited the room in a hurry, he was clearly angry and probably left for the better of the team, or else he's be smashing Winters INC into the wall right at this very moment in time. Following him, was Dante Inferno.

Dante grabbed Osyrus and slung him against the wall, as both men looked each other straight in the eye, but Osyrus was not one to be pushed around so as Dante let off, Osyrus took Dante to the opposite wall and then go straight into his face...

"Leave me alone..."

With that, Dante and Osyrus parted ways...only time would tell where Osyrus's allegiance now lay, but it was now up to the other 4 Winters INC members to keep the team running, or they would be living in professional heel for the rest of their life.

It is a Honor.

"Yeah, absolutely. This is a great night for ACW." 

HAWK spoke to the reporters and flashed some smiles at cameras as if he had never left, HAWK was relishing the moment, but not for himself.. He was doing it for ACW. On magazines all over the world they would read SilverHAWK, sure, but they would read ACW right next to it. One by one the reporters faded away, and all that was left was Vacton standing across from HAWK. SilverHAWK shot a smile at Vacton. 

"What's up?"

Geo looked up at SilverHAWK. 

He smiled slightly. 

"Hey.. Mr. HAWK.." Geo spoke slowly. "I-I, I just want to say how much of an honor it is to be defending the company along side you tonight. I hoped I'd get my chance to work with you when I started here in ACW.. I didn't exactly want it to be under these circumstances, obviously.. But it's an honor to be able to wrestle in the same ring as you will be tonight."

SilverHAWK had almost blushed. 

"Thanks..." HAWK thought for a moment. 

"The pleasure is all mine though, hell you've gone one on one with guys alot better and tougher than me, especially in 21wrestling, I know the score with you man, you'll do well here.." Both of them smiled. 

"Let's give 'em what they deserve tonight. Let's maintain the honor of this company." HAWK put his hand on Geo's shoulder, and Geo immediately felt and realized the impact that SilverHAWK had on this company. Sure, he had known it before, but now he truly felt it. This man would fight to preserve the company he helped create, and Geo would fight to preserve the company he hoped to carry into the future.

It Begins

The crowd knew what was coming next.

As the pyro's began, and the bigSCREEN flashed images of the 10 competitors, all going one on one with one another in the previous weeks, and after a few moments of silence afterwards, Dunn appeared at the top of the ramp, microphone in hand, and ready to deliver the rules

"The rules are simple. John over at ringside has two pots, each numbered one to five, as the numbers are called out for the teams, the members of the team will run out, and engage in battle.

Now the in match rules are simple, there are no rules, apart from the fact that nobody in Winters INC, nor the Resistance can interfere in any of the matches at any time, or else they will give up a win for their team..."

The fans looked excited, and inside, Dunn wanted to tell them the Winters news...but would it build up the fans, or would humanity take over.

"Let's get this show on the road!"

"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN," John the announcer's voice took over almost straight away. "THE FIRST MEMBER OF WINTERS INC. TO BE DRAWN OUT OF THE POT IS...NUMBER ONE!

"AND THE RESISTANCE NUMBER IS...NUMBER ONE ALSO!"

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH ONE
Scott Perry Vs. Geo Vacton

    

Legends. 

Two of them, at least, they were in their own opinions. 

Two men, their hatred for one another kept them apart for months, until tonight. Tonight Geo Vacton and Scott Perry would meet one more time as they had been drawn out the hat first, for the biggest match of their lives.

Some people would say that Geo drove Scott Perry to insanity. One of those people was Scott Perry himself, and to this day a bitter resentment for Geo Vacton flows through the veins of Scott Perry. 

Tonight was scheduled to be Scott Perry’s night of revenge, but would it end up that way?

---

I Stand. 

A MudVayne song, the lyrics had a deep meaning to Scott Perry. It was the reason he selected the song. As it played throughout the arena Scott looked down to his shoulder. It was bare. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. He was still fuming from his loss at Courage. His anger blinded him as he tore the curtain aside and paced out on to the stage, title less. 

He paused, observing the ACW fans for a moment before beginning his slow, bitter decent down the ramp. As he reached the bottom of the ramp he took a final look at his shoulder. He hadn’t been imagining it; his title was gone. And now Scott Perry hopped in to the ring and walked across the squared circle in to the corner that would be his. He lent in to the turnbuckle and looked up the ramp, waiting...

I’m TNT!

I’M DYNAMITE!

The entrance theme of Geo Vacton boomed from the P.A. system, AC/DC’s TNT, but it was drowned out almost completely by the ecstatic standing ovation that the competitor received. It was an ovation that he very much deserved. He was indeed an amazing superstar and a loyal member of the ACW roster. Geo by now had stepped through the curtain and had, what Scott Perry saw as, the goofy Geo smile on his face, he held in his head-level right hand a red stick of dynamite. 

He lit it with a lighter, dropped the lighter and through the dynamite behind him, it exploded around ten feet behind him and flames licked in to the air for a moment or two. Geo began to calmly, innocently walk down the ramp. He stopped at the base of the ramp and looked around at the fans. He was interrupted as his music halted suddenly by a flying Scott Perry.

Scott Perry flew through the air, hitting a vaulting body press, taking down the fan favourite Geo Vacton. Scott was straight back to his feet and kicking the stunned Geo in no time. After a few boots and stops Scott cupped Geo’s head and dragged him to his feet, but Geo his an elbow to the gut of Scott. Scott arched over, winded a little. 

Geo rolled in to the ring, getting back to grips with his surroundings. Scott stood up and slid under the bottom rope quickly but was stomped on by Vacton. At this point the bell tolled and the match had begun. Geo ran against the rope and delivered a baseball slide style dropkick to the side of Scott’s head. Scott rolled on to his back and Geo went for the quick pin.

1…

A quick kick out by Scott. Geo jumped to his feet and ran against the ropes once more, this time aiming for a leg drop. Scott slid out of the ring, avoiding Geo Vacton’s maneuver. 

As Geo hopped around holding his rear Scott slid under the bottom rope back in to the ring, he then hopped to his feet and flew at Geo as he turned around, hammering him with a thunderous clothesline. Geo’s head bounced from the mat, Scott used his momentum to switch directions and go against a rope, rolling, hopping to his feet, flipping over and hitting a rolling thunder move. And now he pinned Geo.

1…

2…

Geo hooked his legs and arms around Scott Perry’s large arms and rolled him over in to a crucifix pin.

1…

2…

Scott rolled over and up to his feet, Geo refused to let go of his arms. Scott dropped backwards in to a Samoan drop; Geo relinquished his grip on Scott’s arms. Scott rolled on to his stomach and pushed himself to his feet. Scott dragged Geo to his feet; Geo pushed Scott’s hands in to the air, kicked him in the guy and hit a stunning DDT. Scott flew across the ring, landing, in a standing position, in the corner he begun the match in. 

Geo flipped to his feet, ran to the corner opposing Scott’s, charged across the ring and hit a big corner clothesline. Scott stumbled out of the corner; Geo sits on the top turnbuckle, his feet on the middle one and waits for Scott to turn back around. As he does Geo jumps from the middle turnbuckle and hits an axe handle smash. Scott drops to the mat. Geo scoops him up and delivers a hanging vertical suplex, rolling over on top of Scott for the pin.

1…

2…

Scott shrugs Geo off him and slides to his feet; Geo too gets to his feet. The two men lock arms in an old fashioned tie up; Scott gets the upper hand, locking Geo in an arm lock. Geo quickly reverses in to an arm lock, moving it in to a hammerlock, before pushing Perry off of the ropes.

Then came a moment of madness.

A nearby fan see the opportunity to take a photo, and by coincidence, Scott Perry looked right into the flashlight of that camera...leaving his vision temporarily vacant, Perry stopped in the middle of the ring and rubbed his eyes...his vision was no were near good enough to hit Vacton with any offense, but what he did see, was the end of his night.

Geocide!

1...

2...

3!

Resistance 1 - 0 Winters INC

Vacton pulled himself up as Perry was knocked out, the referee pushed Scott Perry out of the ring as staff hands took him to the back. Such a potentially career exploding night had taken a whimper for Scott Perry. In the space of two weeks he had lost his TV Title, and now he had lost to Geo Vacton again.

When would it end...

Winner: Geo Vacton

"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN YOU'RE WINNER, GEO VACTON...AND NOW THE DRAW TO SEE WHO THE NEXT WINTERS INC OPPONENT SHALL BE...NUMBER FIVE!

Put Up, or Shut Up

Legends. 

It was the time where a newfound king would find his throne. 

The Main Event, would pit its next ACW Legend. 

Or, in the same bout, a legend would solidify his name to an even further extinct, at once thought impossible. 

But for A*Dubbs, the fastest rising ACW Star in the history of the foundation, it only meant two things. 

Cash, and the chance to Main Event the greatest stage the ACW had to offer. 

"Heh, it's money." 

The laid back voice of Al Willis came to the crowd through the ACWTron, as a puff of smoke made its way to the camera. Although a voice came out of it, darkness filled the room. 

A hint of light gave in to the locker he sat in, and he slowly made his way to it, so that some of his face gave you a feeling for who it was, if you didn't recognize the cold, harsh voice that he possessed. 

He was wearing a valor Gucci ensemble, letting nothing but Nike Air Forces grace his feet. He took another puff of his green, before getting up, and showing off his blood-shot eyes to the fans and millions watching at home.

"Main Event. Could ya'll imagine? A nucka comin' out of Queens, in his second month of his big, phat ass contract main eventing for Legends, to become a legend. And don't doubt it for a second folks, I'ma become a legend, and it's gonna be right herre. Ya'll can't stop me. That tired ass nigga SilverHAWK can't stop me, and BES BELIEVE, that nucka Geo Vacton can't touch me. I'm tha main nucka in this joint, everybody bes' take notice before I got's to bust a cap" 

Allen takes yet another puff, exhaling slowly before speeding it up with his attempted speech. 

"Geo.  You wanna call me a honkey, you wanna come see me?! We can do this sucka, and we bout to, tonight!" 

Without the slightest conclusion to his speech, Allen walked out of his locker room for his date with destiny. 

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH TWO
A*Dubbs Vs.
Geo Vacton

    

"It's My Party" screamed at the fans through the infamous P.A system, sending a message to the fans listening on what cue they were given. It was an obvious message, in which they acted on immediately, as A*Dubbs stood out on the stage to his theme playing loudly. This would most likely be one of the most important battles of the ACW's history, but to Allen, this was personal. 

A*Dubbs had been beaten twice by the man who he would face as soon as Allen was quick on the attack, stomping the body of Geo Vacton as he quickly ran into the ring as he met the half way point. Geo fought the pain, standing to his feet despite the thrusts taken at him. Allen threw Geo into the ropes, before trying a roundhouse clothesline. Geo evaded the Clothesline by going under it, returning with a dropkick to A*Dubbs' face. 

Allen fell to the ground, but was quick to jump to his feet from the mat. Geo, already up began slugging Dubbs in the face with his vicious right hands, but on the fourth shot, was cut short by Allens rake to the eyes. 

The fans were not down. 

The Number 1 Nucka took advantage by kicking Geo in the stomach, but Geo was quick to respond, catching the attempted stomp on his gut. 

He waved his hands, "No, no, no, HONKEY!", Geo screamed. 

Allen began waving his hands, trying to get Geo to re-consider, but quickly stopped. 

Geo was curious as to why Allen had stopped begging for Geo to stop and replaced his rants with a grin, but was quick to receive an answer, as a foot slammed against the back of his head. 

Allen had hit a fierce Insuguri, and had Geo down, even if it was only for a couple seconds. Allen sprinted to the top rope, jumping past the first and second turnbuckle, before releasing his grip on the top one. Geo, dazed, turned, as Allens flight had already taken off. Geo fell right back down, victim from a Top Rope Missile Dropkick. 

Allen looked towards the crowd, smiling, as the fans pelted him with abuse... 

Allen stepped outside the ring, waiting for Geo to stand. 

While groggily, Geo started to stand. Allen screamed to Geo, "STAND UP NUCKA, SO I CAN KNOCK DAT ASS BACK DOWN!" 

Geo stood, and Allen jumped from the top rope, to the second rope next to both sides corner, and onto Geo, attempting a Tornado DDT. Instead, Geo took control, swaying Allen to the side, and onto the ground, for a Sidewalk Slam. 

Geo stood, and wasting no time he picked Dubbs to his feet, before executing a T-Bone Suplex. 

Geo spit obscenities that were blocked from the teleprompter, until made a motion for the top rope. 

Making A*Dubbs "Crypt" signal from the top rope, before screaming "HONKEY!!!", the fans knew what Geo would try to attempt. 

Geo was trying to nail Allens premiere finisher, Pimp Juice. 

Geo jumped and compiled a 420 jump, but missed the most important part. The landing. 

Allen, favoring his back, moved out of the way, fearing extinction if he was not to avoid his own trademark move. 

Jumping to the top rope, Allen made his own trademark known, giving the "Crypt" signal from his left hand similar to Snoop Doggs. Jumping off of the top rope, Allen hit.the.Juice. or at least he tried. 

Geo had also moved out of the way, avoiding the treacherous finisher. Geo stomped on the body of Al Willis, before jumping onto the top rope, again. Geo, this time wasted absolutely no time, jumping off of the top rope. This time, he did not hit the ground without landing on an organ. The problem was, he did not land before receiving two feet, one to the jaw, and the other to the throat. He had fell to a perfectly placed dropkick at the hands of his opponent. 

Although the fans hated the newly signed aWc Wrestler, their emotions gave them no choice but to pop the maneuver. 

Both men lay motionless on the ground, before motion was shown through A*Dubbs. Dubbs rose to his feet, and Geoff did as well, rubbing his jaw. Both began slugging away desperately, trying to stay alive in the Series to determine who would be the survivor. Geo, receiving the advantage through a right hand, kicked Dubbs in the gut, before hitting a Vaccinator. 

For the first time in this bout, a pin was attempted. 

1...

2...

NO!!!


Dubbs kicked out, to Geo's unfortunate belief. He picked Dubbs up, and putting him through the DDT position, tried executing his devastating finisher, the Geocide. But as he went for the turn, Allen turned the tables executing the Unprettier ala Christian. Raising up slowly, Allen showed through hand motions he had been through enough, and he was ready to end things. He jumped outside, and threatened to pimp slap the ring announcer if he didn't move. 

The announcer moved, and Allen took the chair he had been sitting on. A*Dubbs jumped into the ring, waiting for Geo to rise. 

As Geo did so, Allen threw the chair into Geo's face. Catching the chair, Geo knew what was coming next. He rose his hands up to each side of the chair, and Allen went for a picture-perfect dropkick. Bouncing off the chair, Allen completed a back flip. Geo then proceeded to toss the chair to Dubbs, trying for a round-housed jump kick. Allen, ducking the attempted Van-Daminator, turned his attention back to Geo's body, denting the chair over Vacton's head. 

The impact was earth shattering. 

Allen walked out of the ring, looking to add more to the wreck. 

Geo lay in the ring without a hint of movement, his head now trickling with blood. 

Allen pulled out a table, and slid it into the ring, to a slight pop from the fans. That was, until he unveiled what was to come next. 

From under the ring Allen pulled out, lighter fluid. 

The fans went insane. 

Allen slid into the ring, setting up the table, and soon after lighting it as well. 

Picking the dazed but aware Geo Vacton, Allen pushed him away, before missing a superkick, and receiving one of Geo's instead. 

The crowd was on their feet, because for one A*Dubbs was out of things, and two, right in the center of the ring stood a table, in flames. 

Geo stared at the table, before picking Dubbs to his feet. Geo kicked Allen in the gut, bending Dubbs over, before raising Dubbs to his shoulders. 

"OH SHIT..!!" 

Allen began punching Geo in the head, but to no avail. With a thrusts from his hands, Geo put Allen straight through the table. 

The fans went ape shit breaking into chants of ACW, as Allen rolled around in the ring trying to extinguish the flames using tactics taught to him in first and second grade. 

Geo rose to his feet screaming, before going for the pin.

1...

2...

3!!!

The match was over, and Geo had once again, raged victorious.

The same staff whom has checked out Scott Perry were now back on the scene as they attempted to empty the ring of clutter, and also attend to not only Dubbs, but to Vacton as well who now had blood running from his forehead.

Vacton was now 2-0, on a roll as they say, but what would the pot have in store for him next.

Winner: Geo Vacton

"ALTHOUGH I NOW DON'T HAVE CHAIR, I WILL CONTINUE ON FANS OF ACW...THE THIRD MEMBER OF WINTERS INC TO COME INTO THIS MATCH WILL BE...

Sleeping Giant

He laughed, and then walked...

Dante's number was up and as he left Dane Rivers, Osyrus and now the dazed Scott Perry in the Winters INC locker room, he walked through the backstage and to the technical area with a smile on his face, as Vacton was already bloodied, surely slightly tired...and all that boiled down to Dante talking apart the United States champion.

As he reached the pyro and pa area, he grabbed a hold of one of the technicians and spun him around, peering into his eyes.

"No music...I want to hear the screams."

One Day...

The scene opened with 108192 strolling down the backstage corridors of the arena, staring at a photograph he held gently in his hands. He waled without any care of what was a ahead of him, as he was completely fixated on his picture. He spoke softly to himself, or maybe the picture, saying things that made no sense to an outsider looking in. 

He quickly shuffled around a corner into another hall as the light shone of his bald, waxed head. Quinton May was walking towards him but he somehow became blinded by a reflection off of 108192's cranium and went flying into the former convict ! The two men stumbled back but managed to retain their balance and remain on their feet. 

"I am terribly sorry, I couldn't see a thing. I 'm Quinton May, remember me from earlier?" 

108192 looked confused, as his memory was somewhat fuzzy now-a-days. He looked around, appearing puzzled and out of place. Quinton was also overcome by a peculiar look, wondering what was going on inside this guy's head. 

"Uh... Nah. Wait, yeah, you came to my dressing room... Look, it's OK buddy, don't wor---" 

108192 stopped midsentence as he noticed something on the ground. Quinton looked down to see what was going on, and noticed 108192's precious photograph, right under his foot. He stepped off of the picture and looked at 108192. Quinton picked up the picture and handed it to the awe struck X-prisoner. The man took the picture, shoved it in his pocket and simply stared at Quinton with his mouth wide open. 

Quinton began apologizing profusely but 108192's face became full of rage and anger. 

"NOBODY TOUCHES MY PICTURE.... Do you understand me ? NOBODY...." 

"Yeah, I'm sorry, it was an accident." 

"Do you know what happens to people who FUCK with my picture?" 

"Uh, no... I.... I.... I'm not, um, exactly clear on that." 

By this time 108192 was advancing on Quinton, who was being forced back slowly. Suddenly, the madman stopped. He smiled and turned around to walk away. Quinton may breathed a sigh of relief because he didn't want to burn any bridges with prospective members of ARMY. He was about to walk away but before he even got the chance, 108192 spun quickly and kicked Quinton as hard as he possibly could, right in the groin. 

Quinton dropped like a cinder block in the ocean, as he winced in extreme pain. 108192 grabbed him by the hair and yanked him to his feet, before ramming Quinton's face into the cement walls lining the corridors. He repeated the process a number of times until he threw Quinton through a door, into what appeared to be some kind of dressing room. 

108192 discovered a chair in the corner of this room and threw it into poor Quinton's bloody forehead as the groggy fellow tried to get back on his feet. A glass coffee table that sat in the corner of the room was pulled to the middle by 108192. He picked up Quinton and drove his head into the cold floor with a vicious DDT. 

"Listen punk... This picture means everything to me, and YOU STEPPED ON IT ! WHO DOES THAT ? WHO THE HELL STEPS ON OTHER GUYS PICTURES, HUH ?" 

108192 grabbed him once again by the hair, which was at this point beginning to be soaked with blood. 

"Well, you won't be stepping on pictures anymore, you rude bastard !" 

108192 scooped Quinton up, and held him there for a second, thinking. He looked at the coffee table, then smiled, before throwing Quinton's limp body down upon it. His back hit first and shattered the glass ! After the table was demolished and the glass dispersed, Quinton's body lay in a mix of glass fragments and blood while 108192 just watched. 

The x-con went back out into the hallway, and pulled his picture out of his pocket. The picture featured a 108192 when he had hair, beside young boy and a woman, seated in what looked like a typical pose you find people in while getting photographed at Wal-Mart. 

He gazed at the picture one more time and resumed his walk through the halls. 

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH THREE
Dante Inferno Vs. Geo Vacton

    

Dante Inferno made a straight line to the ring as ACW staff took their final moments to prepare the cut on Vacton's head. He looked daringly at a few members of the crowd, but his overall attention was at his foe in the ring. He flexed his shoulders and cracked his back just as he rolled into the ring and paced around Vacton for a moment, who was looking far groggier than expected, and no wonder after that chair shot earlier on. 

There was a long while where the two stared each other down. They had met in the ring before in the tag match on Courage not long before, and they had taken a lot out of each other on that night. 

It was clear this was going to be quite the match-up, even if Vacton was less that 100%.

The two men continued to circle each other and finally the bell was rung. They charged at each other and met in a lock up where they started it off with a slow bang in a test of strength. Inferno won and tossed Vacton into the ropes. Dante went for a simple back-body-drop, but Geo leaped frogged over him. Realizing the danger, Dante dropped to the mat as Geo hit the opposite ropes. Geo stepped over Dante and then hit the other ropes. On his return Dante slapped him onto the mat with a drop toe hold. 

Geo rolled away and stood up. 

Inferno snarled as he again circled Vacton. He wanted more, much more. The two locked up again, Dante won and kicked Geo in the stomach where he used the position to put Geo up in a hanging vertical suplex. Dante showed his awesome strength as he held Vacton there for a second and then brought him crashing onto the mat. Inferno gave a slight grin, and then put a head lock on Vacton. Geo shuck out and managed to get away from Inferno's kung foo like grip.

Geo spun up to the ropes where he leaned on them until Inferno stood up. Geo charged at him with a clothes line, but Inferno ducked it and hit a rock bottom type move. The crowd buzzed as Inferno picked Geo up and slapped him around a little. He sent him into the turnbuckle where he repeatedly smashed his head onto the pads. Geo fought Inferno off with a few elbows and then finally a mule kick. 

Inferno stumbled back, allowing Geo back up onto the second turnbuckle and then jump off with a drop kick. Inferno fell onto the mat and Geo quickly got to his feet and then grabbed Dante's legs. He held them like he was going to put him into a Boston Crab, but then he fell back and slung shot Dante into the turnbuckles. Geo giggled at being able to hit such a move as he walked away from Dante. Dante wasn't too impressed as he came to his feet and tackled Geo to the mat where he let out some aggression with an array of quick and steady punches to Geo's chest. Geo, working his feet to Inferno's chest, monkey flipped Dante off of him and slipped away.

Geo didn't look to the crowd like they may have expected him to.

Geo stood poised as Inferno stood up. BAM! 

Geo hit a super kick to Inferno's chin. Dante spat some blood to the side, but seemed more angry then truly hurt. He grabbed Geo and sent him into the ropes. Geo hit the ropes and was hit by Dante's massive forearm. Dante scooped Geo up and put him into the DVD position where he smashed his head into the ground with a samoan drop. Inferno smirked at the crowd and then again picked Geo up. He dragged him across the ring and then tucked his head between his legs. Inferno brought Geo up into a power bomb position, but Geo quickly changed the move into a hurricanrana! Geo ran to the ropes and hit his popular trademark move, the Dynasault! Geo went for the pin..

One!

Two!

Thre--

Dante pressed Geo off of his chest and rolled off to the side where he climbed to his feet. Geo stood up slowly, not surprised that even after a good showing of moves that Inferno would still be there for the fight. Inferno grabbed Geo and violently tossed him over his head with a belly-to-belly suplex. Inferno grunted and stepped across the ring. Geo came to his feet slowly, he was saving energy. Dante met Geo with a swift kick to the stomach and then hit an even flow DDT. Inferno spun around on the mat and put an aggressive sleeper hold on Geo. 

Vacton used his free arm to try and pull Inferno off of him but it was clear that Inferno wasn't going to let up. Veins were popping out of his head and his eyes were bulging with anger. Geo kicked his legs up, trying to relive the pressure in his lower back. Finally, Inferno just tossed Geo away and then paced around the ring. Inferno kicked Geo in the side of the ribs and then he picked him up. He lifted Geo up into the air and then picked him up into the air and hit a jackhammer on him. Geo's head almost snapped as Inferno went for the pin.

One!

Two!

It was close, but Geo got out, somehow. Inferno stood up, kicked Geo in the shoulder and made his way to the turnbuckles. Geo slowly got to his feet, and Inferno jumped off from the top turnbuckle with a clothesline. Geo used quick thinking and met the assault with a spinning heel kick! Both men now circled each other and as Inferno charged at Geo, he kicked him in the stomach and hit a quick toss power bomb. The crowd rallied behind Geo he stumbled forward after hitting the move.

"T-N-T! T-N-T! T-N-T!"

Geo held his arms up to the crowd and paced around the ring as Inferno quickly came to his feet. Geo charged at Inferno and grabbed his neck. Geo spun up and ran up the turnbuckles, while still holding Inferno's neck, but Inferno was quick to change the tide of the move. As Geo jumped onto the turnbuckles, Dante threw Vacton over his head and let him land behind him. Inferno clasped his hands and then speared the rising Vacton as he had done earlier in the match. But this time he didn't continue it with a barrage of punches, instead he paced over Vacton and waited for him to rise. 

Geo got to his feet, and Inferno whipped him into the ropes. He hit a big boot and then picked up Vacton. He grabbed his midsection and set him up for a pile driver, but Geo managed to back body drop him and then run to the ropes! He jumped to the second rope and back flipped through the air with his amazing Dynasault! Dante was at his feet, however, by the time Geo had jumped off and Dante ran forward. As Geo flipped, Dante grabbed his neck and hit..

HEAVEN/HELL!!!! Geo's neck nearly broke in the deadly move just as it had almost in the tag match a few weeks ago! Inferno hooked Geo leg, and the referee came in to make the count!

One!

Two!

THREE!!

Inferno stood up, allowed the referee to hold his arm up in victory as the crowd roared with boos, and then dropped to his knees. He held his arms out and laughed wildly. He just moved his team one step closer to victory...as Vacton was rolled out the ring by the referee.

"WE'RE BACK!" he screamed as he rested himself on the ropes...he made it looked like he had hardly broke a sweat as he cleaned his mouth of dried up blood which had left him from the superkick...

Resistance 2 - 1 Winters INC

Winner: Dante Inferno

Piece of Mind

Minutes left.

Every man has a time to shine. But never before had it been the choice of either shining or having your light put out permanently.

Kain thought he’s had this decision before, but this time it was different.

This wasn’t about his career in this federation. This wasn’t about him fighting out of doctor’s orders. This was about the freedom of this federation. He looked up at a television monitor, news about the war in Iraq flickered about. He knew that he was no where at the level of those American, British, Spaniard, and Turkish men and women… fighting for the freedom of the free world. But if he was going to play a role in this world… showing the people of the world that a freedom can happen is the next best thing right?

“This isn’t about me, is it?” Jade looked at him concerned. “This isn’t about your contract anymore?”

Kain looked up at her, then smiled. He walked over to her, lifted her chin, then pulled her to her feet. With a long embrace, and a final kiss…

“It’s not about any of that.” Kain looked at the monitor. “It always comes down to one big battle. Whether it be an argument with a loved one… The fight between life and death on a hospital bed… An all out war… That is their battle and this is ours. The object now, m’love, is to have the battle won by the right side.”

“Are we on the right side?” She looked up at him.

He looked back at the screen. “Are we sure there ever truly IS a right side?”

No, Not El Janitors. Not 006.392, No. Someone Else...

Having watched as their leader Quinton May wrestle in an absolute classic earlier on, El Janitors and 006.392 were proud to be in the ring, soaking up the warm reception of the crowd as the main event was underway, but periods of rest where given between each of the matches, and as Dante Inferno stood outside the ring, waiting, QA's stood in the ring. 

Their intention? To spread the word of Quinton's Army to the masses. With the addition of Ron Williams and one more guaranteed addition soon enough from May, the Army's strength was growing by the day. Yet, the recruitment drive was continuing.

"HELLO, EVERYBODY!" Howard yelled, the sprite old man surprising many with the volume of his voice. 006.392 clapped his hands, inciting the crowd to respond more favorably.

Morris? He was... pacing around the ring, looking as if he badly needed to go to the toilet.

"Yes, hasn't it been a grand night so far? Well, the reason we're out here tonight is to educate you all about how wonderful Quinton's Army is. And to do that, I'll have my fellow janitor Morris run over some of the benefits of actually joining the Army. You see, the Army is more than a clique. It's a group of people, living together, working towards one common goal! And that is what makes it so special, people!"

Touching words, and the crowd somewhat responded. But as the microphone was handed to Morris, the cheers got louder. The most electrifying janitor in all of Janitor Entertainment was about to address the capacity crowd. And as he raised the microphone to his lips, one could almost cut the tension in the air with a knife. Or a used condom. Whichever is more accessible.

"MY FREAKING PAL HOWARD IS FREAKING RIGHT! QUINTON'S ARMY IS FREAKING GREAT!"

Mega-pop.

Mega-pop.

It was strange how one janitor from Eastern Europe who used the word 'freaking' excessively could become so freaking popular. But that was the charm Janitor Morris possessed. Another thing he possessed was a name that didn't seem to fit his place of origin, but it wasn't as if anybody freaking cared. They were now attentive to the giant of a janitor, who stopped pacing about the ring and looked at the crowd.

"YOU SEE, PEOPLE, IF YOU FREAKING JOIN QUINTON'S ARMY, YOU GET TO FREAKING WATCH BRAZILIAN PORN! AND CONTRARY TO FREAKING POPULAR BELIEF, BRAZILIAN PORN IS FREAKING COOL! VAIS! FREAKING VAIS!"

The crowd laughed and 006.392's face turned red; having watched Brazilian porn the week before, he found it to be boring and didn't wish to be reminded of the incident again. However, a rude interruption was about to occur.

"Time" by Taproot started to play over the speakers.

A theme song nobody in the ACW used. Confused, the crowd waited to see who it was. Finally, someone did appear from behind the curtains. Someone... unfamiliar. To some, at least. Quite a bunch in attendance recognized the man.

Former tFZ, thReat and uKw superstar. Amongst other organisations, which included... the Outback Fighter's Guild, the Underground Fighting Federation, and the Supreme Wrestling Federation. A man who had disappeared into obscurity around August last year, after a fallout with a close friend and his sister. One who looked stronger, now that he was back.

Jakks. Or more commonly known as Vincent Pembridge. The Scorpion Of Manchester.

Wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, black jeans, and black boots... Vincent began to walk down the ramp, a microphone in his hand. Some cheers began to ring out in the arena, for they were believing Vincent was back and a new signee to the company. They weren't wrong. They were, however, wrong to cheer him. As you all will soon find out.

"You three. Bloody tossers, you all are."

El Janitors and 006.392 looked at each other, confused and insulted. The cheering stopped, the crowd now opting to keep silent.

"It's bloody nice to be back in the thick of things here, but to see the likes of you three cunts wasting precious airtime? A bleeding shame. You twats are out here, rambling on about something that makes no bleeding sense at all. This whole company, to be honest, is a bleeding joke. Good thing I decided to stop by, eh?" he continued, now stepping through the ropes and into the ring.

El Janitors pushed the young 006.392 behind them, as the crowd began to boo. Heavily.

"Take, for example, that cunt you all call a World Champion. ICU. Intensive Care Unit. What kind of bleeding moniker is that, seriously? It's horrendous, and the bastard should be shot for using such a name. Then there's that tosser, Scott Perry. Sounds like a twat who would give himself a bloody self-anal. Horrible. And you three imbeciles. Just look at the three of you!"

The jeers continued to rain down on Vincent Pembridge, as he stood in front of El Janitors, grinning. Morris was fuming mad by now.

"YOU FREAKING BALDY YOU! WHO DO YOU FREAKING THINK YOU FREAKING ARE?!"

Just as the crowd erupted in cheers, Vincent threw the mic down onto the mat and kicked Morris in the gut, before flooring Howard with a terrific left cross-hook, before turning his attention back to Morris. How? A knife-edge chop to his throat, of course.

Windpipe Smash.

That just left 006.392 in the ring, terrified to the skin of his bones now. Vincent smiled, and raced forward to prevent the kid from escaping the ring, knocking him down to the mat with a hard club to the back of the head. Howling in agony, 006.392 soon found The Scorpion Of Manchester's hand around his throat. And in one fluid motion, Vincent raised the youngster into the air, spun around, and slammed him down to the canvas with a chokeslam.

The destruction was complete.

"Who am I, you asked? Vincent Pembridge. And ACW, this old grand lady, is totally fucked."

Throwing the microphone he'd just picked up out of the ring, Vincent Pembridge slithered out of the ring, the jeers of the crowd almost deafening now. It seemed as if the ACW now had a scorpion within their ranks, and one who seemed angrier than usual.

For those who didn't know who he was, it now looked a certainty that Vincent had every intention of changing that.

One way or the other.

After the pleasantries had been over with as QA was stretchered to the back as Dante Inferno rolled back into the ring, jumping on the spot as he awaited the next man down the line.

"THE NEXT NUMBER IS...TWO!"

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH FOUR
Dante Inferno Vs. Jason Kain

    

Kain glared at Dante for a moment, before he climbed out of the ring. Dante climbed out as well. 

Both men stood outside the ring, staring at each other from between the ropes. This is definitely NOT the first time they’ve both been in the ring together… on one side, the calm and collected Dante Inferno, the silent brink of insanity slowly snapping… the other side, the already insane Jason Kain, a man who has nothing to lose, and all the world to gain from this match. The stare down lasted for quite a while, as the crowd started to murmur the excitement that was building in their minds. 

Both men looked tired… …one from the fact that he’d been through a hell of a beating, the other at just the events of the past few weeks. But as both men put one hand on the rope, they knew it all came down to this. The past doesn’t matter now. Their endless rabble with each other has no say now. This was the present, and the present was the only important thing. As their arms pulled them to the apron, the crowd exploded into a roar, and as their legs went under the rope, the roar turned into a booming pop… then they climbed in and the pop turned into a insane frenzy.

Dante flew toward Kain with a hard clothesline sending flat to his back, but instead of taunting the crowd, he pulled Kain to his feet, flinging him to the mat with a body slam, then kicking him hard in the back. Kain rolled to his stomach and started to push himself to his feet, but Dante wouldn't let up, sending hard stomps to Kain’s back as Kain crawled toward the ropes. Dante dropped a hard elbow to Kain’s back, just as Jason grabbed the bottom rope. The ref forced Inferno off of Jason, but instead Dante pulled Kain to his feet.

Dante looked at Kain face to face before driving a lariat sending Kain to the mat hard, then crawling over to his face Dante send a barrage of insults, finishing it off with a slap to the face, causing the crowd to boo him madly. Dante stood up and looked to the crowd, and shook his head, grabbing Kain by his hair and lifting him to his feet again. In one full swoop, Dante flung Kain over the top rope to the hard concrete outside. The ref tried to stop Dante, but he continued to the outside of the ring. The ref started the count…

1…

Dante pulled Kain to his feet, and sent him head-first into the guardrail.

2…

Dante laid in a quick set of punches to Kain’s stomach and face as he laid in the corner, trying to catch his breath.

3…

Kain tried shoving back, but Dante pulled him around sending him into the ring post, dropping him to the ground again.

4…

Dante lifted him to his feet, lifting up his chin and chopping hard into Kain’s chest… and again.

5…

Dante set in another chop, shoving Kain into the guardrail again…

6…

But Kain suddenly flipped the position, using whatever he had hiding from Dante, to spin around the big man, dropping him with a drop toe hold into the guardrail!!

7…

Kain rushes back to the ring and climbs in, trying to catch his breath…

8…

Dante gets to a knee, and checks his lips before turning back toward the ring.

9…

Dante climbed in and the ref started arguing with him. But Dante just shoved the ref out of the way and stretched his back muscles, laughing at Kain’s persistence. Kain wearily climbed to his feet, but Dante charged in… and Kain countered with another drop toe hold, send Dante neck first into the top rope. But this suddenly gave Kain a second wind as he suddenly charged to the ropes, bouncing off the second one, swinging into a springboard dropkick. Dante wobbled back, as Kain smirked, charging in with his White Lightning! The spear hit as hard as it could dropping Dante to the mat, and Kain followed it up with a large set of angry rights to the face.

Dante rolled to his side, shoving Kain off of him, but Kain grabbed onto Dante’s arm, using his own momentum to flip him over into a fujiwara armbar! The crowd’s rumbling turned into a “SUCK ON THIS” chant, as Kain pulled his hardest. But Dante was too close to the ropes, grabbing onto the bottom one, and the ref pulled Kain off.

Dante stood up smiling sadistically, laughing at Kain’s seemingly feeble effort. Kain looked at Dante, sneering. Dante’s laughter started getting more wild, psychotic almost. Kain looked to one side, then another, then went to the ropes. The rebound came off without a hitch, Kain dove into Dante with a hard flying clothesline, then stood up behind him as he shambled to his feet and wrapped his arms around his waist. The crowd popped loudly as Kain pulled him hard over his head in a flip German suplex. Kain stood up again, screaming “WHAT NOW!? You gonna laugh again?” But as Dante stood up, the smile was gone.

Dante exploded from his side of the ring, flying at Kain with everything he had. But Kain seemed to be prepared… Kain swung over with a hard punch trying to put Dante out as quick as possible, but something wasn’t right. Dante smirked, as he obviously had this planned, ducking under the punch and catching Kain with a full nelson… swinging it over into Kain’s own finisher…

The crowd booed loudly as Dante landed the Electric Slide, dropping Kain to the mat hard. Dante got up, smiling and wiping his mouth. He looked down and spit on Kain, “Chance? Taken.”

He grabbed Kain’s arm, with a psychotic smile, wrapping it into a scissor. Adding insult to injury, he wrapped his other arm around his neck, and locked the leg scissors finishing the Shocking Experience, as Kain flailed hopelessly. But Dante wasn’t through there, he kept squeezing on Kain’s injured ribs, laughing horribly, as Kain finally passed out from the pain. The ref tried pulling Dante off, but the man wouldn’t let go. The bell rang several times, and finally Dante got off and stood up. He grabbed a mic and looked to the entryway.

“WHO THE FUCK IS NEXT!?!?”

Inferno looked to have taken over from Vacton as he was on a roll for his team, as Kain walked up the ramp, he was beaten but by no means near the condition he had been in the previous two matches that the pair had engulfed themselves in...but things where just about to take a step up.

Winner: Dante Inferno

"NUMBER THREE COME ON DOWN!"

Sealed With a Love and Kiss



The camera cuts to the corridors of the ACW arena for tonight’s show. There is silence….apart from the echoing roar of the crowd that fills the arena. Suddenly Ron Williams comes round the corner, his usual self. In his hand he possesses a donut, which he accurately chews before swallowing it. He stabilizes his composure and bursts through the door that leads to his locker room. Unexpectedly, he comes to a halt. The donut is sacrificed…its icing landing ‘Splat’ on the cold hostile tiling. 

Ron steps forward in an uncharacteristic style before perching himself on the bench next to his locker. He turns his neck slightly and stares at the locker…..something is not quite right. And then he spots it; the door is not properly closed. He mumbles to himself, confused, before standing up and taking a few steps to the locker. He swings open the heavyweight iron locker-door…and what he sees before him leaves him in a state of shock. Nailed to the back of the locker room is a note, accompanied by a lock of hair. 

And not just any lock of hair….a golden lock of hair. If this were indeed the hair of a male then perhaps a diagnosis of a trip to the mental hospital nearby would be appropriate. He removes the nail and places the note in his hand, reading its contents out loud. 

“Meet me in the parking lot at 9:30pm” he reads, as a mystified frown creeps onto his face. He nods and scrolls his eyes to the bottom of the paper. 

A signature…a signature which Ron had never laid eyes on before. ‘H.S.’ it read, in block capital letters. A few millimeters below it….’XXX’….and what looks to be some ‘lip prints’…..lipstick. Williams grins and shrugs his shoulders, placing the note in his pocket. 

Ron then casually walks out of his locker room, purposely leaving the door open in hope of receiving more “Love-letters”. As he walks towards one end of the corridor at the other end, round the corner, a monstrous shadow darkens the area…….

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH FIVE
Dante Inferno Vs. ICU

    

As the attendees present erupted with a deafening ovation for the man with the most impressive title record in the All-Star Championship Wrestling since the 'birth', Ivan Coe Unger. 

The champion started towards the ring with a fist held high and slapped a few hands along the way. He arrived at the ring and slid under the bottom rope before making his way over to a corner. With his body glistening, he climbed to the second rope and threw a fist into the air. The crowd was euphoric as flashbulbs went off around the Arena, each fan hoping to capture the magic of the evening. 

The bell suddenly sounded as the two giants engaged in battle in the center of the squared circle, exchanging fierce punches. Eventually Ivan garnered the upper hand, before whipping Inferno to the ropes. 

On his return, he was met with a stiff big boot to the chest that sent him stumbling backward, but failed to knock him off his feet. Ivan preceded the assault with a fierce right-hander, which however, was deflected via the left forearm of Inferno, in a display of brute strength. 

The 6'7' monster followed up with a slap to the face, much to the disapproval of those in attendance. Infuriated at this act of disrespect, Ivan grasped at Inferno's cranium and delivered an almighty head-butt. 

Seemingly unfazed, though, Inferno countered with a head-butt of his own. This attempt proved futile also, as Ivan barely budged either. 

The two giants began to stare menacingly at one another, as the intensity absorbed the fans at ringside. After a brief period of immense chanting in the favor of Ivan, the two competitors locked up for the first time. Due to the extra 3 inches in height and 7 pounds in weight, Dante gained the advantage with reasonable ease, before sending Ivan to the ropes. 

On his return Dante connected with a devastating sidewalk slam, demonstrating his overwhelming power to the awe-struck crowd. Subsequent to this feat, Dante made the cover as the referee dropped to the canvas... 

1... 

2... 

Ivan launched his right arm up to prevent Dante from victory. Both men ascended to their feet at around the same time, as Inferno sneakily lunged one of his large feet to the gut of Ivan. Following this, Inferno bounced the face onto a nearby turnbuckle. 

After cornering Ivan, Inferno unleashed a relentless assault of various knife-edge chops. This gradually began to anger the giant more and more, as his chest grew scarlet. Inferno's efforts soon became useless as Ivan endured the pain until seizing the opportunity of overpowering his opponent so that the roles were reversed. 

The fans roared with approval as Ivan dished out an onslaught of knife-edge chops, 'wooing' each time correspondingly. The champ brought the assault to an abrupt halt, before snatching at Inferno's cranium and falling to one knee, delivering a snapmare takedown. 

The spectators were in awe, as Ivan landed a heavy elbow drop to the chest of his opponent. Ivan rose to his feet to receive an ear-splitting applause, whilst Inferno staggered to his. The Ivan charged toward the monster, but Dante sidestepped him, and sent him over the top rope and to the outside. 

The impact was deafening as Ivan clutched at his left knee, sprawling on the solid surface. 

Dante wasted no time whatsoever in taking advantage of the situation, exiting the ring and unleashing a series of vicious boots to the ribs of Ivan. The referee commenced the 10-Count whilst Ivan, using the ring apron for leverage, climbed to his feet. Dante connected with a few fierce right-handers, before making him taste cold steel, by slamming his face onto a nearby ring post. 

An immense uproar of boos followed, as Inferno retreated to the ring, leaving Ivan to suffer on the outside whilst the referee continued the 10-Count. 

Just as the referee reached 8, Ivan was on his feet, and as he reached 9, Ivan was back in the ring. Inferno connected with a flurry of forearms to the spine of Ivan as he rose to his feet, still grasping at his forehead. 

As he removed his hand, he saw the vast amounts of crimson liquid smothering his palm. He was cut open, and it infuriated the fans even more than before. Then suddenly Inferno sent a fist to Ivan's lower extremities, before rolling him up into a pinning predicament... 

1... 

2... 

Ivan kicked out with authority, causing a sigh of relief throughout the arena. Both men arrived to their feet swiftly, Ivan cupping his crotch. Inferno, however, had ran off the ropes and returned with a flying shoulder block, sending Ivan to the canvas. He then quickly landed an elbow drop of his own, before making the cover... 

1... 

2... 

Ivan promptly raised a shoulder up. Whilst Inferno confronted the referee, Ivan gradually stood up. As Inferno finally focused his undivided attention on Ivan once again, the champ delivered a boot to the gut, and connected with inverted DDT. 

Ivan's blood seemed to be everywhere, as he hauled Inferno to his feet, and whipped him to the ropes. On his return, the two had the same thing in mind, as they both connected with big boots to each other's face. 

Both men were down, but not for long, as the two competitors utilized each other for leverage in an attempt to ascend. Due to the weight of Ivan, he was quicker, as he hammered Inferno's cranium with a series of powerful rights and lefts. Inferno eventually thwarted his efforts with an eye rake, before side stepping the champ and waist locking him from behind. Due to Ivan's weight yet again, he failed in his attempt to connect with a German suplex. 

Ivan, however, after shaking off the effects of the illegal eye rake, reversed the hold after overpowering Inferno and connected with a German suplex of his own. 

As Inferno slowly advanced to his feet, he stumbled straight into a chokehold, followed momentarily by a devastating chokeslam, much to the overwhelming satisfaction of those in attendance. Ivan, vastly drained of energy, wiped the blood from his face before signaling for the 'Critical Condition', resulting in a thunderous pop throughout the Arena. 

Subsequent to kicking Inferno over onto his front, Ivan stood behind him as he elevated the big man up and drove Inferno straight down to the canvas. Without delay, the champ made the cover, as the referee collapsed to the canvas...

1... 

2... 

3!!! 

The champion had got his team back on track for the night, but with only two Winters INC members left...it was going to be a quite a right from now on. ICU had been targeted by Winters INC through the weeks previous to Legends, but now it was one on one, and the belt that he held told everyone that he was the best with one on one.

It would take a giant talent to beat him...literally.

Winner: ICU

Sealed With a Love and Kiss Part Two



“We are nearing the end of this amazing night for All-Star Championship Wrestling…but it’s not quite over. Earlier tonight Ron Williams discovered a “love-letter” in his locker, the letter instructed him to meet the person only known as ‘H.S’ at 9:30pm sharp. We are now in the parking lot, the scene of the proposed meeting. Water pitter-patters on the rock solid concrete ground, littered with pillars and cars. 

Enter Mr. Ron Williams. 

Ron strides in through the back door, his appearance so tidy he seems like a different person. He has brushed his hair, cleaned his teeth and is wearing a tuxedo…which unfortunately (due to fairly obvious reasons) is covered in food stains – among them the remains of several bars of chocolate. He walks across the parking lot before situating himself in the lightest place in the area. The light from the only functioning bulb in the parking lot beams down on Ron, who seems to be looking down at his watch anxiously. 

She was five minutes late. 

The seconds passed….and Ron’s anxiety grew. Suddenly all three doors (there are three entrances to the arena) swing open, and continue swinging to-and-fro…almost like a pendulum. Ron stares, rotating in circles, trying to catch a glimpse of his admirer. 

Then, out of the darkness emerges a massive hand….the hand plunges itself onto his shoulder. Ron shakes as he looks over his shoulder but sees nothing but darkness. 

“QQQQ-uinton?” he shrieks as his teeth chatter and tears begin to form. Suddenly Ron turns and tries to get a glimpse of the owner of the hand. Within a few seconds the hand is cast back into the darkness, and within a few seconds the other hand is swung. 

BBBANNNG!

The sheer force of the astonishingly powerful punch knocks Ron unconscious….right in the center of the light above him. From the darkness his attacker emerges, wearing a cloak. 

His attacker removes their hood…as the audience take a huge breath…….before SHE reveals herself to the world. The hood is removed – and Ron’s attacker stands over his body. She has strikingly beautiful blonde hair….and an ugly face – plagued by an emotional childhood. She is 6’8. She is 323 lbs. 

She is Hillary Small.

Small by name.

Big by nature. 

The woman now known as Hillary Small then bends down with her cloak sliding down her body. She plants a kiss on her hand…and then touches Ron’s cheeks. With her job done, she slowly retreats back into the darkness. 

"Until next time.”

"TENSE TIMES NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN....WELCOME...NUMBER FOUR!"

Police



Dane sat in the Winters Inc. locker room, chatting with Scott Perry, you could tell the accident--which was barely visible on his truck--was the last thing on his mind.

Perry was keeping Dane entertained, telling the German about last nights sexual adventure. "So yeah, I had the broad upside down, and..." Scott was cut off with the entrance of two detectives. "Mr. Rivers, we'd like a word."

Rivers stood, his past behind him, they had nothing on him. Then suddenly, the hit and run accident flashed in his mind, but he kept cool. "Yes officers?"

"Listen, we're not trying to waste your time, and definitely not ous, but we had a complaint of a hit and run accident, and your vehicle was identified. We reprimanded your truck and had it sent to the lab, along with the victim's vehicle, to see if the paint on his car matched yours. We'll be seeing you soon.."

The officers exited as Dane sat on the table. Tonight was supposed to be his for dominance, but it wasn't turning out that way.

It wasn't turning out that way at all.

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH SIX
Dane Rivers Vs. ICU

    

Inside the arena, noise lessened to almost dead silence. The 'main event' was greatly anticipated; pitting ACW great, and current world champion, ICU, against a driving force in ACW, Dane Rivers. 

A formality one would think, including the ‘Man Mountain' himself. 

After just putting away the dominant Dante Inferno however, ICU...he was caught off guard as Dante was doing his job for the team, making sure that ICU couldn't take his eyes off him, as Inferno looked menacing moving around the ring.

The 7' ‘Man Mountain' jumped the barrier. He was close as he could be to ICU....

"Wakey, Wakey," he bellowed, sounding as patronizing as he could. The startled ICU spun around, greeted by what he should’ve been so ready for. That sneak attack. Capitalizing, Dane sprung forward. His inner forearm caught ICU under the chin sending him first against the ring-apron, then to the floor. It was a botched clothesline, but Rivers minded not. It hurt his opponent. Enough said. 

After a pause; done to acknowledge the now far from disappointed crowd; Dane grabbed a handful of ICU's hair, and used it like a mother would use her child’s ear, "Come on little kid… in the ring we go." 

Still seemingly in shock, ICU had no counter. Only a moment earlier, he’d won the match. He’d been in world of fantasy. But now it was time to pack his bags and leave. 

The reality; he found himself in the ring, one on one with Dane. The match was underway, and, whilst to his disgust, he had to get on with it.

ICU sprung to his feet, and looked to repay like with like. Dane predicted, but ducked too late. He’d moved about half the foot required, when he got a mouthful of ICU's forearm. But he stood firm. ICU tried again, only for this time round the counter to be effective; Dane utilizing his lighter opponent’s momentum to Irish-whip ICU into the turnbuckle. As upper abdomen hit cushion covered steel, and ICU rebounded, Rivers raised his boot to hit the back of ICU's neck; a great deal less effort needed than usual. 

ICU's only short.

With ICU now grounded, Dane went to work on his lower back. 

Stomp, followed stomp, followed stomp. 

Then a splash; each pound of his 318 pound mass driven down across ICU's spine, sending his neurons into a frenzy. Then, whilst ICU groaned, Dane returned to his feet. Despite taking more than most would he still had time to copy his glance to one side, then to the other; to acknowledge. 

He was caught off guard.

With his favored right foot, ICU kicked up and connected Dane's two vege; conveniently, yes. The referee saw. ICU played it off by squinting, and holding his left eye. He even went as far as asking the referee to check to see if he can see this ‘thing’ in his eye, "See anything?" ICU crouched a little, allowing the even more vertically-challenged referee to have a look. 

Gullible, and short. The poor sod.

Just to the right Dane stumbled around, holding what hurt; the referee to the left, blind sighted. Where’s the harm in repetition? ICU gave the two vege another kicking, and the big man fell to his knees. The referee then joined him, having been pushed away by ICU, "You gullible prick." 

Then, moving over to his knelt opponent, he improvised on the position, jumped up, and delivered a highly agile DDT variation. Rivers' head hit the canvas, and left him sprawled upon it. Fighting off the desire to gloat ICU continued with stomps to the back, shouting "What?" in-between each one as if it was in the least bit funny; which it wasn’t. He finished off with a flipping legdrop to Dane's head.

The ‘Man Mountain' now fully conversed with the mat.

ICU then lost the fight. He climbed the nearest turnbuckle, and smiled that cocky smile; the number of cheers more than outnumbering the number of camera flashes. He jumped down, but was met face to face with a recovered Dane Rivers. Dane went for a blatant punch to the groin, but ICU's nimbleness got him out the corner and away from the potentially voice heightening attack. 

All Dane hit was thin air. 

Then, as quick as he got there, ICU performed a hurricanrana from behind, forcing the 7' frame of Dane into a backwards summersault with the force of his legs. He then lay on his back, open to another ICU flipping legdrop; this one connecting with a sweet crack of bone, Dane's nose certainly broken.

"Did I just make you even more ugly?" ICU boasted, "What a shame." He hooked the leg.

1…

Kick out.

ICU then got up, took a step back, and sprung off the ropes. He darted forward, but Dane had risen. Guess who it was who was then on the receiving end of a tilt-a-whirl back-breaker. The victim was all arms and legs as he came crashing onto Rivers' knee, and then to rest. The cover was made.

1…

2…

… No. 

ICU lifted a shoulder.

A frustrated Rivers pummelled away with closed fists to ICU's temple, each it seemed with more force than the previous. Ten or so punches later, he tried again.

1…

2…

… No. Kick out.

Using his now weakened opponent’s mop of hair as a means of control like before, Rivers then brought ICU to his feet. A kick to the gut and a Third Degree later, ICU's sent face-first downwards in X-Factor like fashion, ICU was back to where he was, though weakened further. Dane's size, and thence power, advantage was proving to be as predicted; decisive. 

ICU managed to roll to the outside. A moment’s rest was more important than any crafty counter he’d had in mind. They could be saved for later. But Rivers wasn’t going to allow that moment to be long. He exited the ring, and found Wreck propped up against the ring steps, "You’re making this all too easy, boy.." 

He charged, his right knee finding its target. The middle and top step of the three were knocked free, with ICU sent backwards atop them. 

What an apt name he has.

Rivers then stepped forward, with a kind of disturbed expression on his face; a sick smirk. The top step had become the most dislodged, and was what ICU lay on as he felt a strong grip on his neck. He was lifted. A hand was then felt on his back. He was lifted further. Dane had him in a raised single-handed choke; raised, that is, over steel. 

So that’s how he got his alias.

The impact was sickening. Bone against metal. ICU's muscular frame, chokeslammed onto one of the steel steps. 

His back now bled, and Rivers smiled; a smile that broadened as he saw the shade of red the floor had turned. He picked ICU up and entered the ring, narrowly avoiding a double count out. But ICU was out for the count. On the mat he lay, his blood beginning to seep out underneath him. 

As Dane then rolled the body over, it was a sight enough to get the geeks in the production room in a fit of panic; the quicker they got the pixels to show the better. Yet its cause got an eyeful. Rivers liked what he saw. He proceeded to drop three elbows in succession to the wound, and followed it up with a cover. 

1… 

… 

No. 

ICU spat out blood; it coming from internal injury. 

Rivers now did have an eyeful.

Conjuring up energy from somewhere ICU took advantage of his opponent’s loss of sight with a stiff sweep, taking Rivers' legs from beneath him. The big man’s head hit the mat at somewhat of an awkward angle, jolting his neck back. He then lay still; ICU now to his feet. The champion couldn’t quite believe his luck, "… Heh." 

He staggered over to the corner and slowly, but surely, climbed. Once atop the top turnbuckle, the blood still gushing from his back, he leapt.

How the cameramen were thankful for their wipes.

The shooting-star press sent blood everywhere, but more importantly ICU on top of Dane. But knees were raised. It did whatever internal damage... ICU had no good at all; that, along with his chances of victory. The knock-out count then ensued.

1…

2…

3…

4…

5…

6…

Both men rose at roughly the same time, but Rivers beat ICU to the kick in the stomach. He keeled over, and had his bloody body raised, "Kiss the canvas, bitch." ICU's neck and upper-back were sent on their way; into vicious, match-ending contact with the canvas.

1…

2…

… 3

The referee moved alongside the victor, but Rivers refused to have his hand raised.

The ACW champion was now from some dirty tactics by Rivers...and as the Man Mountain stood in the middle of the ring, ICU rolled out and walked back...he was beaten, but this was not going to be last time these two met.

The announcer stood up...and pulled out the final ball he would have to tonight, as the last would be an obvious one...

"NUMBER FIVE!"

There goes the neighborhood...bitch.

Winner: Dane Rivers

The Rules Have Changed

The mood in the boiler room was solemn. The HQ of Quinton's Army, unlike the way it was at the top of the show. Animosity filled the air, and reluctance as well. Each and every member of QA was defeated in some form or fashion on the night, and considering how the night started... it seemed the mission to make an impact was a failure.

Ron Williams. A reluctant part of the Army, who now had his hands full... with a woman.

El Janitors and 006.392; humiliated earlier courtesy of the return of The Scorpion Of Manchester, who completely annihilated them in front of a capacity crowd. The chance to spread the word about QA never transpired.

And Quinton May. Yes, he might have won a classic battle earlier on, but an unprovoked at the hands of newcomer 108192 left him worse for wear. Angry. Confused. Ashamed.

"Gentlemen. The rules have changed, quite obviously. This calls for drastic measures, but they will be gradual. It looks as if enemies are cropping up everywhere, and now, we have to regroup. From today onwards, our strategy will change. We have to be on our toes, and at all times... two steps ahead. It is a necessity now that we strengthen the Army, in order to survive. Understand?"

Everyone nodded their heads at the words offered by Quinton. Even Ron.

"It's time... to play the game."

Had a sleeping giant been awoken? Was the mission then not as unsuccessful as it seems? In any case, one thing is clear.

The rules have changed.

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH SEVEN
Dane Rivers Vs. SilverHAWK

    

"Seekn'Destroy"...

Pop.

Where did the roof go?

SilverHAWK looked as fresh as ever as he raced into the ring and went full attack onto Dane Rivers, a man whom he had never faced before in his career, but straight away he knew that it was going to be a tougher task than he had initially thought. As HAWK bust into the ring, he took Rivers down with a stiff clothesline with his right arm, but Rivers was up quickly, and although his feet were not stationery, he kept his balance as he got up and then moved towards HAWK.

As Rivers attempted a retaliation move, HAWK ducked under the huge German and then arched his back, as he searched for a grip on Rivers' jaw, as he slid down and jilted Rivers' back with a neckbreaker. The fans seemed to pop with every step made by the former ACW Champion and as he reached his feet, he moved a few steps backwards and rested on the ropes, as he smiled at the fans nearby and then moved over to plant Rivers in the back of the head with an elbow drop.

As HAWK popped back up to his feet, he looked down at Rivers who was now holding the back of his head, HAWK flicked the back of the leg with his boot and then motioned for Rivers to get up and face him...

HAWK backed off briefly, which allowed Rivers to climb to his feet. When the two men locked up again, SilverHAWK slapped on a headlock that was immediately reversed into an armbar. Rivers turned the arm once and backed up into the corner. Rivers then perched himself on the top rope via the second rope, before jumping off and landing his elbow on the top of HAWK's arm, which gave him a dead arm as he splattered onto the mat, his face bouncing off the canvas.

HAWK and Rivers then locked up in the center of the ring, as Rivers this time allowed his opponent to rise to his feet. Ever the opportunist, Rivers landed a hard boot to the groin on the former champion as he began to lose the advantage that he had began to maintain at the start of the match. HAWK slumped down to one knee as he clutched his private in pain, and Rivers hit him in the side of the head with a scathing attack with his knee cap. Still holding HAWK from the earlier lock up, Rivers went for a second knee attack, this time catching HAWK in the other side of his head. Grunting with pain and frustration, HAWK moved backwards, but Rivers held on, only for HAWK to reverse the hold and sling Rivers back into a suplex.

Rivers hit the mat with a thud and HAWK wasted no time in picking him up by the head and slinging him over one his shoulder, which was no mean feat. HAWK quickly acted and moved towards the turnbuckle, as he intended to push Rivers' face into the turnbuckle, but Rivers had other plans. At the very last moment, Rivers managed to slid himself backwards as he evaded the damaging move.

As HAWK bounced off the turnbuckle however, he was quick witted enough to push himself off and smash Rivers in the face with a right hand, as he turned himself 180 degrees as he left the turnbuckle. Rivers fell to one knee as he tried to shake off the shot to the face, and as HAWK got to his feet, he had to turn around to face Rivers, but as he turned, Rivers sprung from his position and managed to nearly take HAWK's head off with a stiff clothesline.

HAWK folded up like an accordion as he lay on the mat looking up at the arena lights, relieving his mouth of saliva as he then moved to his side growling in pain. Rivers popped to his feet as he shook his head clean of the cobwebs as he rested his back on the ropes nearby. As HAWK began to get to his feet, Rivers held it's nose which had taken a beating in the previous match, and now this one, as he could taste the blood, but it seemed to make him stronger.

As HAWK got to his feet, he was pushed to the ropes and then whipped to the other side, unbeknownst to him, Rivers was ready for his return, and he delivered a crutching Oklahoma Slam as HAWK made his way back his way. Rivers looked to take his streak to two wins as he covered the returning HAWK, but he made a rookie mistake...

1...

2...

Kick out.

He didn't hold the leg.

Rivers pushed himself to his feet with his palms and then looked across the ring as HAWK had made his way over to the corner, either looking to get some leverage using the ropes, or trying to escape to get a breather in the match. He didn't manage either as Rivers quickly moved to stop HAWK, and he did, by splashing on HAWK's back...he could have been broken in half.

If he hadn't of rolled out of the way.

Rivers met canvas as HAWK rolled out of the ring...which hurt in it's own way. After such a long lay off, it was beginning to take it's toll early on HAWK, and as he pulled himself up on the outside, he was in shock to see Rivers already on his feet and gunning for him, as Rivers dropped out of the ring also and was in the adjacent corner of the ring. HAWK quickly moved over to Rivers, as they were on the same side were Rivers had previously crushed ICU's back, HAWK stepped over the laying ring step and then quickly hit Rivers with a clothesline which put him in his place...on the cushioned mats.

HAWK was quick to pull his opponent to his feet and as the table shards and lighter fluid covered the mat, HAWK thought it would be the better option to take this back home...in the ring. HAWK rolled back in and as he dealt a few right hands to the face of Rivers, he was soon back on top as he had Rivers in the corner of the ring as he smashed him with a barrage of elbows and right hands.

HAWK whipped Rivers to the other side of the ring and then tried to follow it up with a big splash, but Rivers side stepped the former ACW World Champion and then smashed him in the back of the head with a right hand. Rivers then remembered what was said in the locker room...

"Go for the knee's..."

And so he did.

Rivers dragged HAWK to the middle of the ring, and wrapped him up in a tight figure four leg lock, knee braces and all, HAWK writhed in pain as he tried to scramble back to the ropes, but he was never going to shift the weight of the big German, so he had to take it to plan B.

The reversal.

HAWK pounded away on the knee of Rivers, but that was only to soften the big guy up, with a few sharp movements, HAWK was on the verge of reversing the move that Rivers had put on only 2 minutes earlier, but before HAWK to go the full way, Rivers pulled his legs out of the way, a smart move as he would receive no potential damage.

HAWK was quick to shake it off, but now quickly enough to build enough steam up for an attack on Rivers, as the German quickly cut HAWK off and bundled him into the corner of the ring. After a few softening up blows...Rivers perched HAWK on the top rope, and then followed him up as he was looking for a superplex, but HAWK kicked out and caught Dane Rivers in the jaw with the heel of his boot...a possible broken jaw was then added to insult by...

A Jump by HAWK!

Not only that, but a grab of the neck and...

breakDOWN!

1...

2...

3!

The quick victory was surely because Rivers was clearly not in 100% condition, but that still didn't take away from the sweetness of the victory.

Nail biting time...

"LADIES AND GENTLEMAN THE NEXT NUMBER IS...NUMBER THREE!"

Winner: SilverHAWK

Revenge

All the other wrestlers had finally exited the stage, as Jade watched them walk past her down the hallway towards their dressing rooms, all bruised and battered. Finally, one wrestler, the one she had been waiting for unknowingly strolled past her. 

“Hello Dante..” 

The words hung in the air as Dante Inferno spun around quickly, in a fighting stance, ready to attack whomever disrupted his train of thought, while on his way to his dressing room after receiving a little medial attention.

Out of the shadows stepped Jade, holding a baseball bat by her side. She looked him up and down, in his ring attire, raising an eyebrow. Herself wearing only a pair of dark green, button up, tear-aways and a white tank top, showing off her new armband tattoo and newly formed muscles.

Jade tapped the baseball bat in her hand as she stepped towards Dante, into the florescent lighting.

"Well, well...looks like we meet once again..."

Jade cocked her head to one side, letting her red hair fall out of her face.

"What do you want, Jade?"

Dante relaxed a little and folded his arms across his chest.

"Revenge..."

Dante’s eyes widened as she tapped the bat harder in her hand, moving closer towards him, pushing him back towards the wall.

"Revenge for what you did to me...Revenge for what you put Jae through...Revenge for putting him and me in the hospital...Revenge for being you!"

Jade wasted no time and lunged forward, swinging the bat at Dante’s head. He quickly reacted and ducked, letting the bat hit the drywall behind him, leaving a large hole in the wall. Responding to his duck, Jade kicked Dante in the stomach. She smiled and shook her head as he keeled over onto the floor.

She knelt down and rested her elbows on her knees as she teetered back and forth on the toes of her dark Nike’s, in front of his face. Smiling again, she let the baseball bat drop heavily to the floor right beside his face. His eyes stared heatedly at her, as she stood up and kicked him in the stomach and ribs again a few times before turning to walk away.

She suddenly stopped as Dante began to slowly get up from the floor.

"You better watch your back from now on Inferno...Jade’s back now, and better than ever."

Turning away, she continued to walk down the hall towards the exit sign at the end, swinging the bat back and forth in her hand as she walked. Kicking the door open, Jade exited outside and let the heavy metal door slam shut behind her, as security arrived on the scene.

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH EIGHT
Osyrus Vs. SilverHAWK

    

Deja Vu???

I think not.

Osyrus slide back into the ring; Silver Hawk still standing in the ring proudly, hitting his right fist against his chest... then raising it into the air, where the fans responded with the same jester. Osyrus just smiled and smirked at Hawk in a nearby corner, he never thought he would see that ugly ass face again, for as long as he lived. Osy thought Hawk was gone for good, but no matter how much Osyrus was in denial... Hawk was here. And it was his job to take him out AGAIN... Finishing the job, this time for good. 

Both men walked to the center of the ring, nose to nose as they talked to each other in a low tone. You could tell that Hawk was doing most of the talking as he was right in Osyrus' face... Osyrus just stood in place as he never took his eyes off Hawk. That was before he turned away for a quick second, before he swung a hellacious right haymaker at Hawk... which was blocked and countered with punch from SH, but punch was also blocked by the quicker of the two, Osyrus. Both swung at each other, with each blow blocked and counter punched... SH had did his homework while he was away, as did Osyrus. Both men backed up a few steps; looking out toward the audience, the crowd applauding the action in the ring. 

"Kind of fast, for an old guy", Osyrus replied as he began to circle around SH... a quick bounce in his step as SH followed suit. "...But I am faster old man, remember that." He ducked down, and lunged toward the left leg of Hawk, which was easily dodged. 'We'll see Osyrus, we'll see about that." 

Both locked up a collar and elbow tie up in the center of the ring, the very basic test of strength... where both men to seemed to be about even. But that was until Osyrus drove a knee into SH's stomach, and quickly followed that attack up with an over-hand right, which floored SH in seconds. "I told you I was faster punk." Osyrus pushing SH back down to the canvas, with his boot firmly pressed against Hawk's face, each time he tried to get back to his feet. "Is this your hero? Is this the man that is going to help ACW raise to the top?" Osyrus back pedaling before he charged forward, kicking SH squared in the mouth/jaw region. "He ain't shit to me!" Now, he stomped more viciously.. the ref could do nothing but watch the horror ensue. The one thing that surprised the ACW loyalist most about 'their' former 2-time champion was they never knew what to expect from him... Either it was when he turned on someone expectedly; a rival from his past returning to confront him in ACW or just his low down and dirty tactics to win a match... Osyrus was always the wildcard in any situation. And suddenly Osy would surprise the audience again with his next move... a leg lock. 

In the center of the ring; Osyrus rose SH's right leg into the air, before he drove his right elbow and all his weight onto the joint of Hawk's leg... roughly pulling up on it and twisting the ankle. It was unexpected that with the No DQ rules that applied for this 5 on 5 contest, that Osyrus of all people, would use his technical background to break down SH. But in a match of this importance.. anything was possible. Osy continued to wrenched the right knee of SH, the same injured knee that kept the ACW hero out of action for several months, as he contemplated his retirement at home... Osy jumped back to his feet; slamming himself down on SH's leg, with Hawk screaming out in pain as Osyrus applied the pressure. 

The fans would not let the fan favorite die so easily, chanting 'Go Hawk Go' with rhythmic clapping following every eruption. SH shook his right hand in the air; showing that he heard their pleads of encouragement, fighting off the pain as Osyrus shook his head... not wanting Hawk to get back into the game. But as much as Osyrus applied the pressure, SH fought it off, and finally went on the offensive... Left boot to the back of the head! A hard kick to the back of Osyrus' head stunned the former champ, his grip on SH's leg slowly loosening up... Another boot to the head! SH continued to stomp a mud hole in the cranium of his adversary; Osyrus rolling out of dodge... releasing his grip as he felt the back of his head, a little bit of blood smeared on his finger tips. 

He became immediately enraged, "...You son of a bitch", he cried out as Osyrus made his way back to SH, who took him down quickly with a drop toe hold.. floating over then applied a side headlock that was nice and tight. Hawk continued to pull back on Osyrus' neck, which was similar to a Crippler Crossface. While SH wrenched on the neck of his heated rival; it was apparent that both men had a game plan going in... but how much longer before this technical showdown, broke out into an all out fight? Osyrus was still in the center of the ring, feeling out SH's headlock, as he slowly got back to his feet... quickly wrapping both of his massive arms around Hawk's waist; after he slipped behind him, then dropped down onto his back... elevating himself off the mat as Osyrus had SH's shoulders pinned to the mat. The ref started the count and reached two, before Hawk rolled off his shoulders to the right, and landed on the canvas with Osyrus' neck still in his arms... adding more pressure to the hold. The ref was in position; questioning Osy if he wanted to submit, but the former champ replied with a middle finger firmly in the ref's face... then pie faced him as the ref tumbled down onto the canvas. 

SH ignored the antics going on in the ring; still having Osyrus grounded in the center of the ring... but Osy was slowly returning back to his feet again, driving hard forearm shots targeted on the lower region of Hawk's back. As both men stood in the center of the ring, Osyrus continued to hammer stiff forearm shivers into Hawk... ranging from the upper to lower back while Hawk held on tightly, then he was finally shoved off and into the nearby ropes. Osyrus stood his ground in the middle of the ring; as SH came flying back in his direction, knocking him down with a shoulder block. Hawk looked down at Osy, then looked behind himself as he ran toward the ropes again... the hated heel got back to his feet, then slide back down to the canvas to avoid Hawk, who leaped over him and bounced off the opposite ropes. Osyrus got back up again; running full speed at the man that was coming his way, with a duplicate mean stare that he had on his face as well... Hawk was ready for the head on collision just as much as Osy was. 

Both men were mere feet away from each other, Hawk was the first one to make a move.. leaping into the air with a Lue Thez Press, but if he was expecting Osyrus to be there when he landed, he was dead wrong. As SH leaped into the air, he seemed to move in slow motion... seeing Osyrus hit the mat as he ducked, but Osy didn't stay on the ground long... returning to his feet, clipping Hawk's right knee in mid air. SH landed on his neck with a thud! Hawk writhed on the mat in pain, holding the back of his head with both of his arms, as Osyrus stood above him with a smirk on his face from ear to ear. "Look at your pathetic champion... his life, like yours means nothing to me!" The former champ shouted out to the fans, slowly raising his right boot off of the canvas, then preceded to choke Hawk. Osyrus placed all his weight on SH's throat as Hawk grabbed Osy's leg to get him off... but he continued to push down until the ref intervened. 'Hey, cut that out Osyrus... we don't allow that kind cond..." 

A punch to the face stopped that sentence abruptly. 

"Don't you know that any goes, you fucking little bitch?!" 

As much as the fans hated Osyrus, they couldn't help but to pop at his defiance of the rules or lack of them. He picked up the ref and threw him out of the ring, as the ref hit the ground and rolled into the guard-rail. Back inside the ring; Hawk held his throat while Osyrus turned his attention back to the man he was wrestling, but he wasn't ready for what Hawk had in store next... Low Blow. That was all it took to make it a level playing field again. Osyrus slumped down to the canvas as Hawk was back on his feet, replay showed on the ACWtron. The ACW hero wasted no time playing Osyrus' game, putting his foot on Osy's throat.. returning the favor for the sore throat and lack of breath, Osy kicking his legs wildly in the air as the fans cheered on SH. 

"Go Hawk Go", the fans chanted while SH stomped furiously on each and every exposed body part of Osyrus. One minute the chest, then the neck… and a few times Osy’s groin, which showed Hawk meant business tonight. He dropped down for the cover; fans counting out loud in unison, but as he slightly picked up his head… looking to the outside, he knew there was no point for the pin fall right now. Instead he mounted Osyrus; kneeling right above his chest, that was where Hawk planted himself… laying in hard right and left unblocked punches to Osyrus’ face , with each blow knocking the former champion’s head around like a ping pong ball, bouncing back and fourth on ping pong table. The final blow rocked Osyrus, SH coming straight down onto his opponent’s forehead… and when it landed, Osy laid motion-less on the canvas. Hawk didn’t buy the playing dead routine he had seen thousands of times in his wrestling career, thinking that if a wrestler didn’t move.. his opponent wouldn’t hit him anymore. That wasn’t the case with Hawk. He stood up; still stomping away on Osyrus ‘ carcass on the mat, before he reached down and picked Osyrus up roughly by the neck.. tossing him into the corner. 

He draped Osyrus’ arms over the ropes, his chest spread wide open as Hawk stepped back and fired knife edge chops into the supposed ‘Personification of talent’. Each time he connected, the fans followed suit with replies of ‘Whoo’ like the sound Hawk’s former co-worker in WWF, Ric Flair would do and sometimes still does… whenever he stepped into the ring, and wanted to wear his opponent’s chest out that night with his famous chops. “Personification of talent my ass”, Hawk thought to himself, firing in another chop as Osyrus seemly awoken from his dazed state;. He grabbed SH’s left arm, and easily powered Hawk into the corner… where Osyrus returned the favor with a knee lifts into Hawk’s bread basket, stiff overhand rights to the face, not to mention intense combinations of open and back hand chops into SH as his chest started to get red like a beet. 

Osyrus gripped Hawk’s right wrist, back pedaling a few steps before he attempted to shoot SH across the ring, but was counter mid ring.. Osyrus was the one heading full steam toward the unforgiving turnbuckle. At the last second, he grabbed onto the top turnbuckle ropes with both hands, trying to elevate himself over Hawk, who was right behind him. But Osyrus made it half way over SH, Hawk put the brakes on and mounted Osyrus onto his shoulder. SH held Osy on his shoulder with his right arm, which the stronger of the two since Hawk wasn’t a lefty… giving Osyrus the thumbs down as he trotted forward with small steps. 

But maybe the 30 plus pounds of mass that Osyrus was carrying, may have too much for even Hawk, Osyrus slipping free to the fans’ amazement… before he lowered himself close to the mat as he chopped SH’s left leg viciously with no remorse of the consequences. Hawk grabbed the back of his leg as he write d in pain, being slowly lifted up onto his feet by Osyrus, which put a lot of pressure onto the injured leg… Osy took a couple of steps back, and run full speed into SH’s leg once again; it was like Osyrus was spearing Hawk’s leg with all his momentum. Once again the legend had been reduce d to little child, squirming about on the canvas. The crowd boo’d Osyrus as he slowly stalked behind Hawk, moving ever so slightly, just waiting for the right moment and opportunity to continue his attack… 

Instead he slide outside the ring, pushing the time keeper of his chair; the fans ringside throwing insults of all kinds at him. Some of the audience members yelled SH’s name and pointed to where Osyrus was as he ducked down low near the arena floor.. hiding from sight, so Hawk could not have seen where he went. SH hobbled over to where the fans were pointing; but Osyrus disappeared from sight, slipping under the ring. Hawk looked around all four sides of the and leaned against the ropes.. where he assumed Osyrus’ head would pop up, so he could greet his long time friend with a kick to the face, once he appeared. But no one expected Osyrus to come out from in front of the ring, near the ramp way.. exiting from under the ring apron, then sliding into the ring as he jabbed Hawk in the back of his left leg with the cushioned, metal chair. SH was down again… this time he looked to be in some real pain. Osyrus watched Hawk try to crawl away, until he stepped on SH’s left ankle, keeping him in place.. then preceded to drive the tip of the metal chair maliciously into the back of Hawk’s knee cap. 

If Osyrus’ plan was to cripple the man Silver Hawk; the former World champion and soon to be hall of famer, then the scheme went as planned. Hawk yelled out in pain every time the chair hit his leg, screaming out louder than the previous time as Osyrus looked down at him, smirk on his face, seemingly pleased by the pain he inflicted… Maybe more pleased to see anguish on the face of the man he hated, more than anyone else. Suddenly a ref slide into the ring, seeing how the other ref was taken out by Osyrus.. and the pattern of terror didn’t stop there. Wham! The newest referee got his face reconstructed by unseen chair, that was aimed right on his forehead. 

And like the previous ref, he too was lifted to his feet and tossed to the outside. With the two refs laying side by side on the arena floor, Osyrus just looked down on them and laughed, leaning against the top rope… steel chair firmly in his grasp. He turned around as he walked back to where Hawk was squirming on the canvas, still holding his left knee like a baby cradled in his arms… Osyrus stood above SH; he tore the soft padding off of the chair, revealing the unforgiving steel that accompanied the weapon of choice for many professional wrestlers. He tossed the padding to the outside; now raising the silver chair into the air.. then came back down with it as it was aimed and locked on target, which was Hawk’s skull. But that was not meant to be, the fans popping their approval, just as Hawk escaped the situation, the only way he knew of… 

A low blow to the gonads of Osyrus! 

Osyrus kneeled down a bit, still holding onto the chair with one hand.. holding himself in the other as fans laughed and applauded. Osyrus tried once again to decapitate Hawk; but again SH kicked Osyrus in his lower regions, and got time to get away completely as he kicked the steel chair back into Osy’s face with his good leg. Chair smashing Osyrus in the face, then flying out of the ring… Osyrus hit the mat with a back bump, he was firmly down and out on the canvas. “Let’s go Hawk”, the crowd shouted in unison, Hawk pulling himself up with the use of the ropes. 

He looked around for the steel chair and spotted it, as he exited the ring as fast as his legs could take him… then slowly slide back into the ring, all his weight supported on his right leg, as the left one was bent slightly due to the pain. Hopping on one foot, he rose the chair into the air, then slammed it Osyrus numerous times… each time the former 2- time champion flinched as the chair smacked against his flesh. Osy tried to pull himself back to his feet, but Hawk would have none of that… jabbing Osyrus in the skull with the point of the chair, Osyrus’ head bouncing off the chair then hit the canvas quickly. 

”Now stay down bitch!” Hawk shouted down to his adversary, blood ran down the side of Osyrus’ face as it dripped on the canvas. The fans boo’d when the third ref jogged down to the ring; first checking on the other referee’s conditions, then slide into the ring cautiously. “You might want to check on him, he seems hurt. ” Hawk mentioned to the new man in charge, the ref kneeling down as he checked to see if Osyrus was breathing.. he got back to his feet, turned to Hawk and got blasted out of nowhere with a seated Ace Crusher like Stone Cold Stunner! “I was only kidding.” Hawk said with a chuckle in his voice, his darker side was brought out here tonight by Osyrus. The man himself started to stir, then was hit again with the tip of the chair… “Didn’t I tell you to stay down?” Hawk hit Osyrus again for good measure. The self proclaimed ACW god replied not with words, but with the raising of his middle finger… mouthing the words, “Fuck You Hawk, Fuck you.” Hawk hobbled to near the ropes, where he took a quick back bump down, and rolled out of the ring. 

Once he was on the outside, he used the dented steel chair as a crutch… slowly pulling up the ring apron as the fans chanted ‘We want tables’. Hawk looked around to the audience before ducking back down under the ring, then sliding out exactly what the fans wanted as it made a thump sound, dropping it out of his hands. Hawk leaned back down as he picked up one side of the table and placed it on the ring apron… slowly pushing it inside the ring from behind, Osyrus was now on one knee, as he saw Hawk bringing the table into play. He wasted no time regaining the advantage, running from his position as he jumped and drop kicked Hawk right in the face… the back of his head hit the guard rail very stiffly. As Osyrus stood on both of his feet for the first, after being beaten on for several minutes by Hawk, Osy was a bloody mess! The red liquid ran down the front and back of his skull, slowly rolling down Osyrus’ body.. fans winching in disbelief. 

He could be seen mouthing something to himself as he exited the ring quickly, and wasted no time hitting Hawk with a barrage of closed fisted punches… not to mention boots to the solar plexuses of SH; as he sat on the arena floor, just taking Osyrus’ physical and verbal abuse, which most Osyrus opponents were used to. Osyrus grabbed SH by the back of his head, tossing him head first into the steel steps, that made a tremendously loud crash upon impact. What a battle the ACW fans were seeing tonight! Two men literally pulling out all the stops just to injury one another, just so one of these men could call themselves ‘the best’. Osyrus slide back into the ring, SH still dazed and confused.. not to mention, now busted open. Inside the ring, the table was propped up in the corner against the middle turnbuckle… the infamous heel no doubt some evil intentions for that table. He slide back outside the ring, kicking SH in the face as he waved hello to him, “Hi, how you doing motherfucker?” Osyrus asked before sending his boot right into Hawk’s jaw. 

Osyrus picked Hawk up by his tights and rolled him into the ring… once both men were inside, Osy bounced off the ropes, driving the point of his elbow into SH’s left leg. He quickly got back to his feet and drove the elbow numerous more times like the first attack, then rose his arms into the air, and capped off his pin pointed attack with a two finger salute to the viewing audience. Osyrus brought Hawk back to his feet; holding the good leg in his hands, if you can call it that at this point… as Hawk hobbled on his injured leg and grimaced every time he touched the canvas. He swung a couple punches at Osyrus’ face, which clearly missed as the Winters Inc. member laughed as he replied to Hawk. “You want hit me? Go ahead take a swing…”Hawk still bouncing in place, and swinging his right fist wildly. “…This is going to hurt you more than it’s going to hurt me!” And with that said, he violently twisted Hawk’s right knee with a devastating Dragon Screw leg whip.! The torque on the knee in slow motion made some fans sick to their stomachs; Osyrus, the first one getting back to his feet, pretended his legs were injured too… hobbling in the middle of the ring before jumping into the air and landed cleanly with no indication that he was even hurt. 

Osy walked over to the table and rubbed on it, then shook his hand as if he got a splinter… then pointed to the table. “You want tables?”, he asked which got a mixed reaction from the crowd. “…Nah, you want this!” Doing the infamous DX crotch chop which made the audience very pissed off. Instead he grabbed Hawk by his legs as he spread them apart; then stepped through with his right leg and simultaneously crossed SH’s legs. Osyrus turned over and pulled back; completely locking in his ‘Personification of Pain’, ‘The Career Killer’ and Silver Hawk’s patented move, The Sharp Shooter. 

Osyrus continued to pull back on the legs of SH, and after a few moments.. the fans saw something they thought they would never see. And that Hawk’s right hand slapping the mat as he tapped out. The live audience gave a mixed reaction, were some people boo’d and others cheered while Osyrus demanded for Hawk to tap out… but there was no ref. “SON OF A BITCH!” He yelled out loud as he let Hawk go, and walked over to the ref. “Wake up, you son of a bitch… I know you heard his ass tapping. Hell, those fuckers in Japan knew Hawk’s ass was tapping out!” Osyrus kicked the referee to wake him as the ref stirred slightly. He returned his attention to Hawk, kneeling down to pick him up… but Hawk had the presence of mind to counter the only he knew how… taking this fight back to the streets. 

Low blow

Low blow 

Low Blow 

Low blow 

Low blow 

Osyrus started to move around a little woozy with all those shots to the groin, but Hawk school boy’d him as the ref made the first pin fall of the match. One! Two! Osyrus kicked away at the last second. Hawk remarkably got to his feet first, drilling Osyrus into the canvas with an Implant DDT.. shades of Jake Roberts. SH made the cover again… Osy once again kicked out at two. Hawk mounted Osyrus and slowly pummeled his face with overhand rights, the blood could be seen on Hawk’s fist each time he rose it into the air, and came back down with it. He made the cover again… And for the third time, Osyrus kicked out, which kept the ACW audience on the edge of their seats. Hawk slowly pulled Osyrus to his feet as he whipped him toward the table, but Osyrus reversed and sent SH into the table… He backed up a few steps as he went charging toward Hawk, ‘Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide’ was coming at full speed…

Just as Hawk was about to move, A hooded figure jumped from the crowd and held Hawk’s leg.. he fought to break free, but it was too late. Osyrus connected head on with ‘Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide” as SH slumped in the corner. The hooded figure jumped onto the apron, revealing a beautiful face and just as beautiful body.. raising her arms into the air, so everyone could catch a glimpse of her body. All of a sudden the crowd popped when Jason Kain hit the ring, with large hammer in hand. He dropped it as he slide under the bottom rope, the unknown woman jumped on Kain’s back however as he tried to get to osyrus, wrapping her legs and arms around him… choking him roughly. Osyrus got away as he slide outside the ring; retrieving Kain’s hammer, then reentered the ring.. just as Kain got the psycho bitch off of him. 

As soon as he turned around…. Wham! Osyrus took Kain’s head off with the hammer. The woman got back to her feet, but was pushed down again by SH, who made a bee-line to Osyrus.. turning him around, and dropping him with the Breakdown. Hawk was not done as he picked Osyrus up again and nail a consecutive Breakdown more stiffer than the first. Osy landed on the canvas stirring as Hawk ignored the ref’s demands of ending the match. SH picked Osyrus up for the third time and went for the Breakdown again, but the cagey heel veteran countered with a waist lock.. and a single leg take down, and locked in an ankle lock in the center of the ring. At first SH tried to fight off the pain, but as soon as Osyrus locked in a leg grapevine, still twisting the leg,… 

Hawk tapped out to the pain...

Osyrus had defeated Silver Hawk...and it was HAWK's fault.

Osyrus kicked HAWK out of the ring as the veteran held his knee as staff rushed to his aid.

"Stupid fucker!" Osyrus bellowed as he was in a good position now...he knew who he faced.

It was a formality....or so he thought.

Winner: Osyrus

Fate

"FUCK!

What the hell was HAWK thinking..."

The room looked at Alias as he tied the tape over his forearms.

Jason Kain and SilverHAWK were making there way back from the ring as the mystery woman was escorted out of the premises. Geo Vacton and ICU sat in the room alongside Dunn and Boyd...both men had done their part, one a match or two, and now it was up to on man to take it home.

Alias knocked hands with the Resistance and then left as he made a b-line for the ring.

On his way bumping into Jason Kain and SilverHAWK.

"I'm sorry man...I should have had it wrapped up."

The destiny of the match was unknown...on one corner you had Osyrus, a two time ACW World Champion who had just disposed of SilverHAWK and he was still looking fresh...and on the other.

Alias.

"It's time to print my destiny."

LEGENDS MAIN EVENT MATCH NINE
Osyrus Vs. Alias

    

“Not Over” by The Full Nine 

The crowd exploded, anything which Osyrus had to say was quickly drowned out to the massive ovation received by the recently crowned Television Champion, Alias, who stepped through the curtain, raising his arms suggestively to the crowd, he lowered them and fixed a glare on Osyrus, who just stood in the ring, staring back coldly. Alias didn’t hesitate, striding down to the ring, the golden belt that was strapped around his waist sparkling amongst the large PPV lights and flashbulbs from the crowd. 

A fantasy match for, not just the old fans of fEar anymore, but for the wrestling world because the preverbal rubber match for these two men would now decide the fate of ACW. Alias had defeated Osyrus in there first match-up, back when both men where trying to get a there career’s off the ground, Alias had the experience edge back then. Osyrus had won there second match-up, just one month ago. Tonight it was all for nothing… some people might say that both men would walk out of the arena as Legends, but as the two long time rivals locked eyes from across the ring they both knew that was far from the truth. One winner, and the cruel fuckin truth… it didn’t necessarily have to be either one of them when all was said and done at the end of it all. 

A colossal roar arose from the crowd, both men began talking, and shortly after that the fists flew. The crowd cheered as Alias got the upper hand, only for Osyrus to cut him off with a knee to the gut. 

At least, that'd been the intent. 

Alias quickly took Osyrus over and dragon screwed him down. There was no follow-up, not yet. Alias waited as Osyrus quickly drew himself up to his feet. ‘The Beast’ charged, and Alias let his momentum carry him into the mat. He bounced up for a moment, and Alias pounced on him and began throwing punches with both arms. All his fury and anger was being carried out in the opening moments of this match. A final series of right hands, and Alias took a couple of steps back. 

He charged in with a knee. 

Osyrus caught a hard knee in the ribs and staggered back, Alias then whipped him to the ropes. Osyrus ducked under a line, and went for a flying knee to the gut, but Alias stepped aside and used Osyrus’s momentum to roll him up for a one-count. Enraged, Osyrus hauled off and backhanded Alias. Alias held his face, more in shock than in pain, and did the same. A unique collar-and-elbow tie up followed as both men reached out and maneuvered for position with their hands around the other's neck. Osyrus being the bigger of the two muscled Alias into the corner. 

Clean break? My ass. 

Osyrus kicked him in the crotch and quickly executed a tornado DDT out of the corner. Alias shouldered up right after a count of 2, and Osyrus stomped away at his neck. He choked him with his boot, and let go to yell at the crowd, before doing it again. 
Osyrus was firmly in control, booting the Original Pulp Hero and quickly locking in a submission that both men where very familiar with... a sharpshooter. 

“Career Killer!” 

Osyrus yelled out at the crowd mockingly, the loyal ACW fans got the hint and rained down boo’s on ‘The Beast’. Osyrus had locked in his primary submission move as the referee checked Alias for signs of life. Osyrus immediately latched on to the middle rope. With the added pressure Alias squirmed in pain, he had to fight through it. With no DQ’s however Osyrus knew the ref couldn’t stop him from doing anything he could to hold it. Alias pushed off the ground trying to pull himself around to the ropes… finally he saw his window of opportunity through a slowly fading conscience ness and twisting around, forcing the more powerful man to the mat surprising Osyrus in the process. 

Picking up the weakened Alias off the ground, Osyrus hooked him for a T-Bone suplex, Alias countered with an elbow shot to the head. A second one had him free from Osyrus' grasp, and he delivered a sharp knee to the gut before bringing the San Diego native towards him in a short-arm clothesline but Osyrus ducked and moved behind him and delivered a release German suplex. At least, that'd been the intent--Alias quickly drilled Osyrus with a superkick to the joy of the crowd. Osyrus lay sprawled out in the middle of the ring as Alias immediately hooked a leg to cover. A two count later, Osyrus was still alive. 

Alias brought the weary Osyrus back to his feet, and delivered a quick and hard low blow before hooking in a dragon sleeper. 

Breaking Kayfabe. 

Osyrus yelped as an aching pain shot down his neck, he knew this pain all too well, and desperately threw his free hand up trying to catch Alias with anything that might get him free, and as Osyrus’s luck would have it, he hit Alias with an absolute stunner to the temple, Alias’s legs turned to jelly, and he stumbled back against the ropes, the hold still locked on, barely… as Osyrus suddenly twisted, getting his arm under Alias’s legs. 

Suplex. 

A superb variation, almost a firemans carry, Osyrus lifted Alias out of the ring, and down through a very fateful and unlucky place for Alias. 

The announce table! 

KABOOM! 

"HOLY SHIT!" 

"HOLY SHIT!" 

Alias’s some what massive frame shattered it, monitors and sparks flying as the two announcers scurried to safety, Alias laid motionless in the wreckage, as Osyrus fell to the ground and gasped desperately for air. 

Osyrus struggled to his feet, surveying the situation, he slid under the bottom rope out of the ring to the arena floor, picking up the limp Alias, and preparing to whip him to the guard rail again. 

Osyrus slammed on the breaks. 

So did Alias, he sure as hell wouldn’t go down easy. 

Waistlock, 

Spin… 

Pulped. 

Alias heaved Osyrus up and over into the air with a vicious Belly to Belly Half Nelson Suplex. As the crowd once again responded in kind, there had already been numerous near falls, the destruction of an announcers table… and now a move such as this on the hard concrete arena floor.

The ring area was a war zone after the nine matches that had taken place, even though some of them had a pure wrestling edge to them, the other didn't, and that was evident when looking down at ringside.

Osyrus bounced off the ground and began gasping for air, having just had the wind knocked out of him, Alias lay on the cold arena floor, he was fucking spent having used a great burst of energy trying to change the momentum of the match. Violent match after ultra-violent match the last month had seemed to have finally visually taken its toll on Alias. It was Osyrus who got to his feet first, grabbing one of the scattered chairs strewn in the announce tables wreckage, and non-chantey tossing it down onto Alias’s head. 

Osyrus stumbled over to Alias’s battered and bruised body and delivered several solid kicks to Alias’s face, before picking him up, and slamming his head down into the hard steel steps, there Alias lay motionless, as Osyrus grabbed another chair, and opened it up next to the guard rail. His plan was rather vague, as he picked up the shaky Alias, and whipped him at pace toward the chair, Alias saw it however, planting a solid foot on it, but unable to stop, vaulted off and took up an extremely unsteady balance on the guard rail, turning to get down, he was met by an unexpected woe, Osyrus hitting the final piece of the puzzle. 

Vaulting off the chair. 

Sailing through the air. 

ABSOLUTELY… Nowhere To Run. 

The crowd gasped in amazement and worry for Alias, Osyrus connected with the high impact spear and took himself, and Alias from the rail, hurling amongst the bodies in the crowd… causing several fans to run and jump out of the way of the second crash Alias had been in tonight. The match official quickly scurried through the crowding fans, pushing them aside to check on the two downed opponents, who lay motionless amongst chairs and random people. Once again the crowd just couldn't resist. 

"HOLY SHIT!" 

"HOLY SHIT!" 

"HOLY SHIT!" 

Osyrus rose to his feet from amongst the carnage, raising his hand in a suggestive victory notion, spitting to one side a glob of saliva mixed with blood. 

But then suddenly, an inspiring moment, Alias was up, lifted by his fans, a cheering pack of people around him… who picked their fallen hero up to his feet, Osyrus turned in an absolute rage to see Alias standing. Flashbulbs went off all around them… this was what Legends was all about. Two bloodied opponents… fighting for there prized federation… surrounded by there fans. Damn fine Kodak moment. Osyrus was the first to react, rage still evident on his face as he rushed at Alias, he was met by a wicked punch around the head. 

Osyrus rocked back, clearly seeing stars as Alias stumbled forth, still recovering as Osyrus stumbled towards the ring, trying to escape, it wasn’t long before Osyrus had pushed his way through the bustling crowd. He hopped over the guardrail and rolled into the ring. Quickening the pace behind him Alias hopped over the guardrail but decided it was probably healthier to stop at ring side to both, conserve a bit of energy and to save himself from getting stomped. 

The cat and mouse game on the out side eventually began to get very tedious, Osyrus just sneered and yelled at the Original Pulp Hero not giving him an open space… finally Alias got fed up and grabbed his strewn about TV title belt at ringside. 

“Fuck it.” He dove in a corner of the ring, and immediately Osyrus came lunging towards him looking to send several quick and decisive stomps into his body. Alias had other ideas as he swept the bigger man’s feet out from under him with a swift kick to the side of the knees. Alias sent a second stiff kick into Osyrus’s face before springing to his feet. He brought Osyrus to his feet as well and tossed him to the ropes across the way, Osyrus however reversed it and Alias went springing off the ropes. 

Osyrus bent down and looked for a hip toss, sending Alias to the canvas. Alias got right back up though, and this time blocking the hip toss with his free arm, clubbing the TV Championship into the side of the Osyrus’s face with the other arm. Osyrus flung back into the corner, as Alias dropped the title and rushed in, running himself off of the ropes. 

A spinning heel kick connected with the edge of Osyrus’s jaw, making his head snap to the side ala slow motion boxing hook connection, as he landed flat on the mat in the middle of the ring. ‘The Original Pulp Hero’ looked down at him before sprinting into the ropes and dropping the elbow across the back of the former 2-time World Champion. Alias got up, only to pounce up into the air and bring a hard knee into Osyrus’s back. 

Osyrus’s body shook on the canvas as Alias rose... the knee had dug itself right into the small of his back... and that wasn’t sitting well with him. Alias knew this, picked up Osyrus, and snap piledriver’d him for good measure. Then he pointed upstairs... starting to climb. It could, and as Alias hoped, would be the nail in the coffin to this match, these two men having already suffered through so much. Alias decided to go for everything… and pulled his dustiest move out for a shot. He went for it... 

WHITEOUT!!! 

The fact that he could still pull it off to perfection was a marvel in and of it's self...

And he landed it. The ring shook with force as Alias collided with Osyrus after soaring nearly half way across the ring with a shooting star press.

1...

2...

It's Over...Or Is It?

It had been their home for the last 2-3 hours or so, and as Dunn, Boyd, SilverHAWK, ICU, Kain and Vacton huddled around their little television set...it was a magic moment as they shot up from their seat in a moment of pure ecstasy.

Plastic cups.

Bandages.

Ice packs.

Title belts.

They all flew in the air as the Resistance hugged one another, and then quickly shuffled themselves out of the door as they walked along the corridors. As the door opened it was a siege of noise and handshakes from the staff of ACW, they had been part of the war for over 3 months now...and as they traveled through the back of the arena as they entered through the arena entrance, they passed by Dane Rivers as he left the building, bag over his shoulder, snarling as the Resistance, but it was never going to ruin their moment.

The 6 passed through the curtain to a deafening noise of screams and cheers, the main recipient of which was in the ring, clutching his TV Title in his hand as he stood on the turnbuckle, until he noticed his team mates coming down the ramp way. Alias jumped off and greeted his team mates with hugs and hand shakes, as the Resistance celebrated in the ring...ticker tape began to fall from the roof, as Alias' theme played in the background, Jason Kain and SilverHAWK lifted Alias on their shoulders as he took the credit for a hard nights work.

Osyrus lay on the outside of the ring, his head resting against the padded barricade as he looked at a shower of ticker tape coming from the ceiling, resting on his forehead with a mix of blood and sweat.

A*Dubbs packed his bags in back, wondering if his new job at aWc could become a far more permanent one than what he was hoping for.

Scott Perry sat in his locker room in total darkness...depression had taken it's toll, as a bottle of pills sat beside him, tempting to me emptied.

Dane Rivers checked the dent in his vehicle...as he heard the rumbling of the Resistance win from the outside of the arena, he wondered what his job description will be next week.

Dante Inferno watched the screen with the rest of the ACW staff, and in a picture of jumping, shaking hands and joy filled screams, he managed to produce a small smile as he began to walk away...his destination unknown.

The Resistance celebrated their victory in the middle of the ring along with a filled arena and a television audience. They where all kings for a day, as a team they were unstoppable, but now...with the war over, they would find themselves all hunting for the same possessions and they knew that at the end of the day, they had to fight together now...so they could fight against one another for the rest of the their ACW days.

And Ethan Winters...

In this moment of pure joy for the Resistance...and moment of despair for Winters INC, he sat in an unknown alley in New Jersey.

His Mercedes CLK 500's top open.

Brain matter on the passenger seat and a smoking Beretta pointed to his head

Which had just released one round...

Things will never be the same.

Credits

Introduction
Zezu
Hit and Run
Wil
Quinton's Army Meeting #004
Kamlesh
Hit and Run– A Second Perspective
Russ
Taking The Reigns
Zezu
Mind Games
George
Charlie Loc Vs. Nature
Jimi
Reminisce
Zezu
Impromptu Recruitment Drive?
Kamlesh
Arrival. Confrontation. Violence?
Russ & Jerel
Quinton May Vs. Ron Williams
Kamlesh
Taking The Reigns, Part Two
Zezu
In The Shadows, Observing. In The Dark, Crawling. In Two Places At One Time, Confused?
Kamlesh
Taking The Reigns, Part Three
Zezu
Team Tantrums
Zezu
It is a Honor.
George
It Begins
Zezu
Scott Perry Vs. Geo Vacton
Scott
Put Up, or Shut Up
Al
A*Dubbs Vs. Geo Vacton
Al
Sleeping Giant
Zezu
One Day...
Bob
Dante Inferno Vs. Geo Vacton
George
Piece of Mind
Jae
No, Not El Janitors. Not 006.392, No. Someone Else...
Kamlesh
Dante Inferno Vs. Jason Kain
Jae
Sealed With a Love and Kiss
Jon & Ryan
Dante Inferno Vs. ICU
Owen
Sealed With a Love and Kiss Part Two

Jon & Ryan
Police
Wil
Dane Rivers Vs. ICU
Wil
The Rules Have Changed
Kamlesh
Dane Rivers Vs. SilverHAWK
Zezu
Revenge
Steph
Osyrus Vs. SilverHAWK
Jerel
Fate
Zezu
Osyrus Vs. Alias
Russ
It's Over...Or Is It?
Zezu

Thanks: I'd personally like to thank all of ACW roster for taking part in our 26th show, which is a great feat in my opinion as we've had a few sticky spells along the way. I'd like to thank everyone who has read the show, or checked out any show of ACW, it makes my day hearing people talk about ACW, be it in a positive or negative manner, as we can learn from both. 

All the guys and gals above on those credits deserve the plaudits, as they are what makes ACW tick, and they will do for a long time to come, I hope. Oh and...keep watching.